STATE v. DETHEROW

No. 12564.

648 S.W.2d 219 (1983)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Leslie Wayne DETHEROW, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

March 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Fielder, Fielder, Jones, Conklin & Skinner, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


MAUS, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was charged with sexual assault in the first degree, § 566.040, in that he had sexual intercourse with a person to whom he was not married and who was 14 years old. A jury found he was guilty. In response to the verdict, he was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. He presents two points on appeal.

The victim was the younger 14-year-old sister of the defendant's wife. At the time of the incident, the defendant...

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