State of Missouri v. Claude Chambers

Claude Chambers (Defendant) appeals his conviction for first-degree statutory sodomy. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to sustain his timely filed application for a change of venue under Rule 32.03, that the state presented insufficient evidence to support the charge against him, and that the court abused its discretion in overruling his motions for a continuance.

Defendant timely filed his application for a change of venue as a matter of right under Rule 32.03. After he filed the application, however, Defendant allowed the application to languish in the case file for…