State v. Dowdy

HARDWICK, Judge.

Appellant James P. Dowdy was charged with and found guilty of forcible rape, two counts of forcible sodomy, two counts of armed criminal action, and felonious restraint. He appeals only the conviction on Count V, forcible sodomy, claiming the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

In February 1998, Appellant was released from prison and went to live for several months with his aunt, L.W., in Kansas City. On September 4, 1998, after they argued earlier in the evening, Dowdy went to L.W.’s bedroom and asked her, “Where…