State v. Brigman

GAITAN, Judge.

Defendant, James D. Brigman, Jr. was convicted by a jury of forcible rape and felonious restraint, §§ 565.120 and 566.-030.2 RSMo 1986, and received a sentence of five years on the charge of forcible rape and a fine of one thousand dollars on the felonious restraint charge. The defendant appeals his conviction, contending that the trial court erred in: (1) finding sufficient evidence to support conviction; (2) permitting the admission of allegedly hearsay testimony by a State’s witness; (3) giving Instruction Number Eight because it allegedly was not supported by the evidence,…