Lamastus v. State

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

Ernest Lamastus (Defendant) was charged by amended information with rape in violation of Section 566.030 RSMo (1994)1 and sodomy in violation of Section 566.060. The victim, A.L.S., was less than fourteen years old. Defendant was tried before a jury in the Washington County Circuit Court on April 30, 1996. The jury found Defendant guilty on both counts. On August 19, 1996, Defendant was sentenced as a persistent sexual offender to life imprisonment on each count with the sentences to run consecutively. On August 28, 1996, Defendant appealed and this court affirmed…