State of Missouri v. Sylvester Porter

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Sylvester Porter appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree. Porter argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the victim’s testimony was contradictory and lacked corroboration. Porter’s argument is based on the “corroboration rule” and the “destructive contradictions” doctrine. 1 This Court abolishes both the corroboration rule and destructive contradictions doctrine because, among other reasons, both require appellate courts to act as the finder of fact. Review of the…