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STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 23640.

37 S.W.3d 847 (2001)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Willard L. MATTHEWS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

February 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. McKerrow, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Adriane D. Crouse, Assistant Attorney General Jefferson City, for Respondent.

GARRISON, Judge.

Willard Matthews, Jr. ("Defendant") appeals his conviction for sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo 1994. He raises issues about the admissibility of testimony by two witnesses about the characteristics of children who have been sexually abused, and the trial court's refusal to give a converse instruction tendered by him. We affirm.

In December 1992, Defendant was living in Taney County, Missouri with his...

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