(Download) "State Missouri v. Stephen Lancaster" by Eastern District, Division Four Court of Appeals of Missouri * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: State Missouri v. Stephen Lancaster
- Author : Eastern District, Division Four Court of Appeals of Missouri
- Release Date : January 14, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
Stephen Lancaster (Defendant) appeals from the judgment upon his conviction by a jury of four counts of forcible rape, Section 566.030, RSMo 1994, 1 and twelve counts of forcible sodomy, Section 566.060, for which he was sentenced to sixteen consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Defendant claims, inter alia, that twelve of the counts are barred by the applicable statute of limitations and that he was denied his right to a fair trial because evidence of uncharged crimes was improperly admitted. We agree and reverse and remand for a new trial. A detailed recitation of the facts is unnecessary. At trial, Victim, a member of Defendant's family, testified that Defendant repeatedly raped and sexually abused her from the time she was three until she was in her early twenties. The State introduced a police report indicating that, when confronted by a police officer, Defendant admitted having sexual contact with Victim from the time she was four until she was an adult. The report stated that Defendant claimed ""she was willing most of the time."" Also in the State's case-in-chief, two other female members of Defendant's family testified that they had been raped and sexually abused by Defendant.