State v. Clay

NUGENT, Presiding Judge.

A jury found the defendant, Arthur Scott Clay, guilty of forcible rape in violation of § 566.030, RSMo 1986 (repealed 1990). The trial court sentenced him as a prior offender to twenty years’ imprisonment. He later sought postconviction relief in a Rule 29.15 motion, which the hearing court denied after an evidentiary hearing. This consolidated appeal addresses both cases, although the defendant raises no claim to the adverse Rule 29.15 ruling. Appealing only the judgment of conviction, the defendant asserts error resulting from jury separation.

We remand for the…