State v. Becker

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Donald Becker, was indicted for sodomy in violation of Section 566.060 RSMo (Cum.Supp.1990), for engaging in hand-to-genital contact with his eleven-year-old daughter in 1991. Before his trial, the legislature repealed this statute and enacted new statutes. Under the new statutes hand-to-genital contact was no longer included in the definition of sodomy, Section 566.062.1 RSMo (1994), but fell within child molestation, first degree. Section 566.067.1 RSMo (1994). Defendant was tried under the 1990 statute and was found guilty. The trial court…