STATE v. COUCH

No. SC 88922.

256 S.W.3d 64 (2008)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Philip Ray COUCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kevin Hamlett, Hagan, Hamlett & Maxwell, LLC, Mexico, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Linda Lemke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Chief Justice.

Philip Ray Couch was convicted of child molestation and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. On appeal, he argues that he offered extrinsic evidence that one of his three victims had made a prior false allegation of sexual abuse and a prior false allegation of physical abuse against other persons and that the trial court erred in precluding him from questioning her about these specific alleged prior instances of misconduct...

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