Opinion ID: 2453006
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Heading: Pritchard's Conviction and Appeal

Text: Pritchard was found guilty, after trial by the jury, of one count of sodomy, section 566.060, RSMo Supp.1993; one count of second degree assault, section 565.060; one count of second degree assault of a law enforcement officer, section 565.082; and two counts of armed criminal action, section 571.015.1. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment of fifteen, one, five, three, and five years, respectively. Pritchard filed a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 29.15, which was overruled. This appeal is consolidated, and it is before this Court upon transfer, after opinion, from the Court of Appeals, Western District. Pritchard raises five points on this consolidated appeal. In addition to the sodomy conviction, which we will discuss in full, Pritchard: (1) attacks the trial court's failure to acquit him of the assault of a law enforcement officer; (2) claims abuse of discretion in the trial court's consolidating the sodomy charge and the assault counts; (3) claims error in the trial court's failure to instruct on the lesser-included offense of assault in the third degree though no such instruction was requested; and (4) claims incompetency of trial counsel for failure to investigate Pritchard's claim that a hearing impairment led him to believe that the men outside his home were intruders, not the police, whom he was convicted of assaulting. Our review of these four points finds neither reversible error nor abuse of discretion. Nor, on this record, would an extensive discussion be indicated. Rule 30.25(b). The convictions for second degree assault, second degree assault of a law enforcement officer, and both counts of armed criminal action are affirmed.