State v. Bellah

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Michael Wayne Bellah, appellant, appeals his conviction by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County for forcible rape in violation of § 566.030 RSMo (1986). On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing the state to cross-examine appellant concerning matters allegedly not raised in appellant’s direct examination; (2) admitting into evidence the results of lab tests when allegedly a proper foundation was not laid; and, (3) refusing to allow appellant to question the victim concerning possible alternative sources of semen after the state…