STATE v. HOPKINS

No. 34853.

500 S.W.2d 264 (1973)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gerald Douglas HOPKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied October 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaw & Howlett, Charles Clifford Schwartz, Jr., Clayton, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., G. Michael O'Neal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, J. Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., Julian Cosentino, Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals following a jury trial at which he was found guilty of statutory rape. The court sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.

Defendant raises six points on appeal, four dealing with evidentiary matters, one dealing with the conduct of the trial judge, and one dealing with the question of whether a submissible case was made against him.

The first question concerns the...

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