State v. Harris

RENDLEN, Judge.

Convicted of class B rape, § 556.030, RSMo 1978, defendant’s punishment was assessed by the jury at seven years.

His contentions of error include (1) an attack on the validity of § 491.015, RSMo 1978,1 popularly known as the rape shield statute, contending it is violative of various provisions of the United States and Missouri Constitutions and that the trial court improperly excluded certain evidence under the “invalid” statute. It is this challenge to the statute’s constitutionality that brings the appeal to our Court under Art. V, § 3, Mo.Const. Defendant further complains…