Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 16, 1982No. WD 32445PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

James B. Williams was jury tried and convicted of deviate sexual assault in the first degree as proscribed by § 566.070, RSMo 1978.1 He appeals and under various points contends the proof did not support his conviction for that offense but, if any offense was established, it was either sexual misconduct, § 566.090, or sexual abuse in the third degree, § 566.120, upon which the jury should have been instructed. Affirmed.

Despite the challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, a minimal review of the facts shown by evidence for the state will suffice as a prelude to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. GibsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Cocktail Fortune, Inc. v. Supervisor of Liquor ControlSupreme Court of Missouri · 1999
  2. State v. HolmesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. United States v. Donnie SumnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  4. State v. CanepaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

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