State v. Mason

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Judge.

William Mason (“Defendant”) appeals his conviction for second-degree statutory rape in violation of § 566.034, RSMo (2000). 1 Defendant urges reversal based upon the following: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction in that the victim’s testimony was uncorroborated; (2) the trial court erred in certain evidentiary rulings; (3) the “senior judge” who tried the case “was without jurisdiction” because the case was never assigned to him; and (4) the jury was “coerced” into a guilty verdict because it was required to deliberate the same day it spent…