STATE v. COURTOIS

No. SD 35427.

577 S.W.3d 860 (2019)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Chris Eugene William COURTOIS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

FILED: June 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant's attorney: Jedd C. Schneider.

Respondent's attorneys: Eric S. Schmitt , Atty. Gen., Richard A. Starnes , Asst. Atty. Gen., & Nathan L. Chapman and Dawn J. Diel , co-counsels.

(Before Bates, J., Scott, J., and Sheffield, J.)


A jury found Appellant guilty of sex crimes against a six-year-old ("Victim"). Appellant complains of the use of propensity evidence without independent proof of the corpus delicti as to that offense. Finding no merit to that or Appellant's other points,1 we affirm the convictions and judgment.

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