State of Missouri v. Jeffrey A. Waters

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion issued March 17, 2020 ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SC97910 ) JEFFREY A. WATERS, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY The Honorable John D. Beger, Judge Jeffrey Waters was charged with first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy, incest, and attempted first-degree statutory sodomy. A jury convicted him of the two sodomy charges but could not reach a verdict on the rape and incest charges. The circuit court declared a mistrial as to the two counts on which the jury could not reach a verdict.…