STATE v. STAPLETON

No. WD 33995.

661 S.W.2d 620 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leo W. STAPLETON, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Overruled and Denied November 29, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied January 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Strauss, Public Defender, Larry Schumaker, Law Intern, Columbia, for appellant.

Joe Moseley, Pros. Atty., Kandice Johnson, Asst. Pros. Atty., Columbia, for respondent.

Before CLARK, P.J., and PRITCHARD and LOWENSTEIN, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Overruled and Denied November 29, 1983.

PRITCHARD, Judge.

Appellant was by the verdict of a jury found guilty of sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced by the court to 30 years imprisonment without probation or parole as a persistent sexual offender under § 558.018, RSMo [Laws 1980, p. 495, § 1].

The four points presented variously attack the sentence of appellant as a persistent...

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