State v. Davenport

KENT E. KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant, Maurice Davenport, appeals after a verdict and a sentence to serve seven years as a prior offender on a charge of forcible rape. Section 566.030 RSMo 1994.1 The State charged Defendant as a prior offender with burglary in the first-degree, section 569.160, and forcible rape, section 566.030. The jury convicted him of forcible rape. Defendant argues that the trial court erred and abused its discretion: (1) in overruling defense counsel’s objection and allowing the State to cross-examine Defendant about the details of a crime leading to his prior assault…