State v. Hankins

PREWITT, Judge.

Defendant was charged with the statutory rape of a 12 year old girl. § 559.260, RSMo 1969. He waived trial by jury and was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

On March 12, 1978, at approximately 11:00 p. m., two special agents employed by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company were on patrol in the railroad’s yards. They saw what appeared to be an unoccupied automobile parked on railroad property. As the agents approached the vehicle, they saw defendant and a girl sit up in the car. Both were on the passenger side at that time, but…