State v. Lewis

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant, Lyn Lewis, was convicted by a jury of rape in violation of § 566.030 RSMo Cum.Supp.1990. The trial court sentenced defendant as a persistent sexual offender, § 558.018 RSMo Cum.Supp.1990, to a term of forty years imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The sentence is consecutive to a previous sentence in another rape related offense. On appeal defendant claims the trial court erred: (1) in overruling his objections and admitting into evidence pursuant to § 491.075 RSMo 1986 hearsay statements attributed to a young child; and (2) in giving Instruction No. 4,…