STATE v. HEISSLER

No. 46835.

324 S.W.2d 714 (1959)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Patrick HEISSLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Wayne Collinson, Chinn & White, Turner White, Springfield, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Fred L. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Defendant, Patrick Heissler, was charged with the commission of the offense of sodomy, per anus, with a "certain 11-year-old boy" specifically named in the information. Section 563.230 (all statutory references are to RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.). A jury found the defendant guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of seven years. Defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment and here contends (1) that the State...

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