State v. Schaal

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Chief Judge.

Larry Schaal (Defendant) appeals from his conviction of one count of rape, § 566.030.3, following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jasper County.1 He was sentenced as a “persistent sexual offender,” § 558.018, and received a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment without eligibility of parole. Defendant asserts one point on appeal. He contends the trial court erred in overruling his motions for judgment of acquittal, accepting the guilty verdict and sentencing him because the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged offense took place…