State v. Scott

Following a bench trial, the trial court found Jimmy Ross Scott (“Defendant”) guilty of the statutory rape and statutory sodomy of G.P. (“Victim”), see sections 566.034 and 566.064, respectively.1 The trial court sentenced Defendant to five years’ imprisonment in the Department of Corrections on each offense with the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal, Defendant argues in his sole point that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting State’s Exhibit 4, a bed sheet, “because there was an insufficient foundation for the admission of this exhibit[.j” Finding no merit in Defendant’s…