State of Missouri v. Rodney A. Smith

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION FIVE STATE OF MISSOURI, ) No. ED108626 ) Respondent, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of the City of St. Louis ) 1822-CR1759-01 vs. ) ) RODNEY A. SMITH, ) Honorable Clinton R. Wright ) Defendant/Appellant. ) FILED: April 27, 2021 OPINION Rodney A. Smith (“Defendant”) appeals from the Judgment upon his convictions following a jury trial for two counts of statutory rape in the second degree, in violation of Section 566.034, RSMo 2000.1 Defendant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to two concurrent terms of seven-years’…