Opinion ID: 2166151
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Heading: Pond , Fewell , and Robinson are distinguishable

Text: Soto's reliance on Pond , Fewell , and Robinson is misplaced. In Pond , the victim testified the defendant put his fingers in her body and it hurt. Pond, 131 S.W.3d at 794. Pond applied section 566.010(1), RSMo 1994, the former version of the statute that did not include hand-to-genital contact. As such, Pond was tried on the basis of penetration sodomy, not hand-to-genital contact sodomy. The issue on appeal was whether a lesser included instruction on child molestation should have been given. Id. The Pond court's discussion of penetration as an element of sodomy was correct in the context of that case, but it is not instructive to the decision in this case. Fewell is similarly unhelpful to Soto's position, as it simply cites Pond and discusses the penetration requirement in relation to the factual allegations for the crime of penetration sodomy charged in that case. 198 S.W.3d at 693-94. Robinson is likewise not instructive, as its discussion also centers on a penetration sodomy crime. 26 S.W.3d at 416-17.