Legal Opinion

State v. Watley

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 1981No. 42986PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting him of kidnapping and rape, §§ 565.110 and 566.030, RSMo. 1978, respectively, on which he was sentenced to consecutive terms of ten and twelve years’ imprisonment. Defendant’s points on appeal pertain to the rape conviction. We affirm.

Our disposition of defendant’s assignments of error requires no lengthy iteration of the evidence. The prosecutrix, a thirty-two year old married woman, was taken by defendant at gun point while parking her automobile near her place of employment. Defendant was a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
  2. State v. StampsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. State v. GhanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. State v. McKinneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Watley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Watley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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