STATE v. SANDERS

No. 36192.

533 S.W.2d 632 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Walter Lee SANDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied February 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayes & Heisler, Robert E. Heisler, Clayton, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Brendan Ryan, Circuit Atty., Julian D. Cosentino, Asst. Circuit Atty., Charles B. Blackmar, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction of statutory rape and sentence under the Second Offender Act to 25 years imprisonment. The appeal centers on the issue of whether the trial court erroneously permitted the victim's seven year old sister to testify. We affirm the judgment.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The 15 year old victim and her seven year old sister identified defendant as the one-armed man, known to the victim as...

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