Opinion
No. ED 78826
October 23, 2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Francois County, Honorable Kenneth W. Pratte.
Kent Denzel, Assistant State Public Defender, 3402 Buttonwood, Columbia, MO, 65201-3722, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Dora A. Fichter, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO, 65102-0899, for respondent.
Before Mary R. Russell, P.J. and Robert G. Dowd, Jr., J. and Mary K. Hoff, J.
ORDER
Gary Cross (Defendant) appeals the judgment and sentence entered after a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of forcible sodomy in violation of Section 566.060 RSMo Cum. Supp. 1999. The trial court sentenced Defendant to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the record on appeal, and find the claims of error to be without merit. No error of law appears. An extended opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law would have no jurisprudential purpose. Judgment affirmed in accordance with Rule 30.25(b).
The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for the order affirming the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).
Mary R. Russell, P.J. and Robert G. Dowd, Jr., J. and Mary K. Hoff, J.; concurring.