STATE v. HOPPER

No. SD 29638.

315 S.W.3d 361 (2010)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dewey O. HOPPER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Johnston, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.

Chris Koster, Attorney General, and Terrence M. Messonnier, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.


DON E. BURRELL, Judge.

Dewey "Buddy" Hopper ("Defendant") was convicted, following a jury trial, of forcibly raping J.T. ("Victim").1 He was thereafter sentenced as a persistent offender to serve thirty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Defendant asserts two points on appeal: 1) that the trial court abused its discretion in not allowing him to present an alibi defense; and 2) that the trial court abused its discretion in...

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