Where a defendant in a child-molestation case challenged the admission of the out-of-court testimony of an investigator, the trial court did not err in declaring the investigator unavailable and in admitting her 491 hearing testimony because she disclosed that she ...

Tagged with: 491 Hearing child molestation Out-Of-Court Testimony

Where a defendant in a child-molestation case challenged the admission of the testimony of a witness regarding prior incidents of uncharged child molestation that allegedly occurred decades earlier, the testimony corroborated the victim’s testimony and was admissible propensity evidence, and ...

Tagged with: child molestation Propensity Evidence witness testimony

Where a defendant in a child-molestation case argued that the trial court plainly erred in failing to declare a mistrial sua sponte after the prosecutor made a statement in closing argument that speculated about the possibility that the defendant might ...

Tagged with: child molestation Closing Argument Future Acts

Where a defendant challenged his conviction for class A first-degree child molestation, the defendant was convicted under Section 566.067, which specified that the molestation was part of a “ritual or ceremony” defined as an act or series of acts performed ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Multiple Abusers ‘Ritual or Ceremony’

Where a defendant challenged jury instructions in his child-molestation case, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant did not show plain error, and his unpreserved double-jeopardy claim did not warrant review. Judgment is affirmed. State v. Stuckley (MLW No. 73217/Case ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law jury instructions

Where evidence showed that the defendant in a child-molestation case touched the victim on at least two separate incidents, the verdict director submitted failed to differentiate between the separate acts in a way that ensured that the jury unanimously convicted ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Unanimous Verdict Verdict Director

  Defendant was convicted for statutory sodomy and child molestation, after the minor daughter of his ex-wife accused him of multiple incidents of sexual assault. On appeal, defendant argued, among other things, that witnesses improperly bolstered the victim’s credibility and ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Denial of Mistrial Witness Credibility

State v. Armstrong (MLW No. 72036/Case No. ED105771 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Jury Instruction Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Bullard (MLW No. 72001/Case No. ED105589 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

Tagged with: Admission Of Testimony child molestation Criminal Law

State v. Beck (MLW No. 71805/Case No. WD80841 – 34 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law jury instructions Multiple Acts

State v. Crider (MLW No. 71680/Case No. WD80370 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Sufficiency Of Evidence Victim's Age