STATE v. DIGHERA

No. WD 31261.

617 S.W.2d 524 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jerry DIGHERA, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied June 2, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied July 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford A. Cohen, Public Defender, Gary L. Gardner, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Darrell Panethiere, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for respondent.

Before KENNEDY, P. J., and SHANGLER and SOMERVILLE, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 2, 1981.

SHANGLER, Judge.

The defendant Dighera was convicted of the rape and the sodomy of S.D., a deaf, mute and blind female twenty years of age. The defendant was sentenced to serve fifteen-year concurrent terms on the convictions.

The defendant brought a motion in limine to exclude as incompetent the testimony of prosecutrix S.D. on the grounds that, at the time of trial, she was...

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