State v. Brownridge

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Robert Brownridge, Jr., was charged by indictment and convicted by a jury of the crime of forcible rape. Section 559.260, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. The trial judge found the fact of prior conviction, sentence and imprisonment on previous felony charges under the Habitual Criminal Act, Section 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., and fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for 99 years. Defendant’s counsel prepared and filed a motion for new trial, which was overruled. After the pronouncement of judgment defendant appealed to this Court.

The state introduced evidence of…