State v. Owens

GREENE, Judge.

On November 30, 1977, defendant Glynn Owens was found guilty in the Circuit Court of New Madrid County of two counts of rape, after trial by jury. Defendant filed a motion for new trial on December 14, 1977, which motion was denied. On January 13, 1978, the trial judge sentenced *368defendant to life imprisonment, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, on the two counts of rape, said sentences to run concurrently. Defendant filed a notice of appeal in the supreme court, which court, by order of April 3, 1978, transferred the case to this court, in which jurisdiction is now…