State v. Hassler

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Allen Hassler, appeals his jury conviction on three counts of statutory rape under § 566.030.3 RSMo Cum.Supp.1984. The trial court sentenced the defendant to eight years imprisonment on each count to run consecutively. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant raises two points as grounds for reversal. He contends the trial court erred in granting the state’s motion in limine prohibiting the defendant from introducing evidence of the eleven-year old prosecutrix’s prior sexual activities. He next contends that the trial court erred in failing to declare a…