STATE v. SIMPSON

No. WD 32326.

625 S.W.2d 957 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Matthew SIMPSON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

December 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Walsh, Public Defender and James W. Fletcher, Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen. and Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SOMERVILLE, C. J., Presiding, TURNAGE and LOWENSTEIN, JJ.


LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Following an indictment, appellant Matthew Simpson was found guilty by a jury in Jackson County of rape under § 566.030, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and appeals the conviction of having sexual intercourse with Dela Rodriguez, to whom he was not married, without her consent and by use of forceable compulsion. Appellant presents no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.

A jury could reasonably find that...

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