Legal Opinion

State v. Lorenze

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 28, 1979No. 11225PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant, Oscar Eugene Lorenze, was jury convicted in 1978 of the crime of forcible rape, in violation of § 559.260, 1 RSMo Supp. 1975, which was the applicable statute in force at that time. He was thereafter sentenced as a result of the conviction to 50 years imprisonment, under the provisions of the second offender act. This appeal followed.

Defendant raises five points of error on appeal, none of which allege insufficiency of the evidence. Therefore, a detailed recitation of the facts is unnecessary. It suffices to say that the victim, a university coed, was doing her…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. DegraffenreidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. Thomas E. Meloon v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  4. Brooks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  5. State v. HarrisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. SumowskiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  2. State v. GreathouseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  4. State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  5. State v. SandersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

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