State of Missouri v. Richard Leon Kerksiek

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) WD84784 v. ) ) OPINION FILED: ) March 7, 2023 RICHARD LEON KERKSIEK, ) ) Appellant. ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Johnson County, Missouri The Honorable R. Michael Wagner, Judge Before Division Two: Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Presiding Judge, and Lisa White Hardwick and Karen King Mitchell, Judges Richard Kerksiek appeals, following a jury trial, his convictions in Johnson County of first-degree statutory sodomy, § 566.062,1 and incest, § 568.020, for which he was sentenced by the court as a persistent…