STATE v. HUGHES

No. KCD 28736.

548 S.W.2d 270 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Luther E. HUGHES, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

February 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Larson, Public Defender, Lee M. Nation, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before SWOFFORD, P. J., and SHANGLER and DIXON, JJ.


DIXON, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction and jury-imposed sentence of three and one-half years for the crime of sodomy per os.

The single issue to be determined is the propriety of the cross examination of defendant relating to the issue of supposedly exculpatory statements made to the police who arrested him.

Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence, and the issue posed may be posited on an abbreviated statement of the facts...

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