Opinion
No. ED 102362
11-17-2015
State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph Clark, Defendant/Appellant.
Kristina Starke Olson, Missouri Public Defender Office, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, Attorney for Appellant. Chris Koster, Attorney General, Shaun J. Mackelprang, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Attorney for Respondent.
Kristina Starke Olson, Missouri Public Defender Office, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, Attorney for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, Shaun J. Mackelprang, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Attorney for Respondent.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Joseph Clark (Defendant) appeals from the judgment upon his convictions following a jury trial for one count of forcible rape, in violation of Section 566.030, RSMo 2000; one count of forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 566.060; one count of incest, in violation of Section 568.020; and one count of abuse of a child, in violation of Section 568.060. The trial court sentenced Defendant to thirty-years' imprisonment for forcible rape, thirty-years' imprisonment for forcible sodomy, four-years' imprisonment for incest, and seven-years' imprisonment for abuse of a child. The trial court ordered the thirty-year sentences to run concurrently with each other, the four and seven-year sentences to run concurrently with each other, but consecutively to the thirty-year sentences, for a total of thirty-seven years' imprisonment. We affirm.
Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to RSMo 2000 as amended.
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 applicable to this case would serve no jurisprudential purpose. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).