STATE v. DeCLUE

No. 16548.

805 S.W.2d 253 (1991)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Benjamin DeCLUE, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied February 4, 1991.

Application to Transfer Denied April 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Shaw, Shaw, Howlett & Knappenberger, Clayton, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., John P. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

A jury found defendant Benjamin DeClue guilty of incest, § 568.020,1 and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The victim of the offense was defendant's 12-year-old daughter Michelle. Since defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, it is unnecessary to describe the sordid events in detail. On March 3, 1987, the date charged in the...

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