Court Opinion

ID: 9764690
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 03:36:15.172018+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:00.653324
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FLANIGAN, Chief Judge
(concurring in result).
The state’s verdict-directing instruction (MAI-CR 6.40) required the jury to find the defendant guilty of rape if they found and believed from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that on or about October 31,1977 in the county of Jasper, State of Missouri, the defendant inserted his sexual organ into the sexual organ of Ñola E. El-more, and
Second, that he did so against her will and after he caused her to submit by threats which caused her to fear physical violence to herself.
In my opinion the state’s evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s finding that the defendant inserted his sexual organ into the sexual organ of the prosecutrix.
I concur in the result of the principal opinion for the reason that, in my opinion, the state’s evidence was insufficient to support the finding by the jury that “he did so against her will and after he caused her to submit by threats which caused her to fear physical violence to herself.”