State v. Phelps

PARRISH, Presiding Judge.

Jayce Allen Phelps (defendant) was convicted of sodomy and of sexual abuse in the first degree following a jury trial. §§ 566.-060.3 1 and 566.100. Defendant appeals those convictions. This court affirms.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, was that the victim (Jennifer) of the offenses of which defendant was convicted was eight years old at the time the offenses occurred. Defendant was married to Jennifer’s mother. Jennifer testified that defendant touched her private parts with his tongue and that defendant had put his private parts in…