State v. Haun

COIL, Commissioner.

Kenneth Haun was convicted of the rape of a female child under the age of 16 and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. RSMo 1949 § 559.260, V.A.M.S. He here contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence, in permit ting the state to reopen its case, in the admission of evidence, and in the giving of an instruction.

Defendant’s two points to support his contention that the state failed to make a submissible case are (1) that there was insufficient evidence to establish the corpus delicti and that,…