STATE v. HASTINGS

No. 56835.

477 S.W.2d 108 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Cletus HASTINGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Richard S. Paden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Milton Suffian and Marvin Q. Silver, St. Louis, for appellant.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Cletus Hastings has appealed from a judgment of conviction of molesting a minor, § 563.160, V.A.M.S., upon trial by jury, and a sentence of 3 years' imprisonment under the Second Offender Act.

The only witness testifying to facts incriminating appellant was R___ S___ S___, a female child aged 7 years and 11 months at date of trial. Before she testified the court conducted a preliminary examination out of the hearing of the jury to...

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