State v. Newlon

GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., Judge.

Appellant, Ronald Newlon (“Defendant”), appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, following a jury trial, finding him guilty of two counts of exposing other persons to HIV without their knowledge and consent, section 191.677, RSMo 2000 (Supp.2002). 1 Defendant was sentenced as a persistent sexual offender to ten years of imprisonment for each count, with the sentences to run concurrently. We affirm. 2

Steven Vance (‘Vance”), an HIV counselor with the St. Louis City Health Department (“the Health Department”), met with Defendant in…