State v. Wood

RENDLEN, Judge.

Robert Wood (hereinafter appellant) convicted of oral sodomy, § 566.060.1, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984 and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment, sought relief in the Eastern District Court of Appeals and after affirmance there the cause was transferred to this Court. We decide the case as though on original appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, § 10. Judgment is affirmed.

The relevant facts are these: Appellant was charged with having compelled his sixteen year old stepdaughter (hereinafter victim) to engage in oral sodomy. At trial, the victim testified that appellant told her commit the oral…