[DOWNLOAD] "State Missouri v. Robert Foust" by Eastern District, Division Two Court of Appeals of Missouri # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. Robert Foust
- Author : Eastern District, Division Two Court of Appeals of Missouri
- Release Date : January 07, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
Description
Defendant appeals following his conviction on three of four counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and acquittal of one count of assault in the third degree. Defendant was sentenced in accordance with the jury's recommendation to two consecutive six month terms of imprisonment in the county jail and fined a total of $7,500.00. Defendant also appeals denial of his Rule 29.15 motion following an evidentiary hearing. The dispositive issue on appeal is defendant's claim that the trial court erroneously and prejudicially excluded relevant evidence on the ground that it was hearsay. We reverse and remand for a new trial. Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions. All of the charges pertain to Defendant's alleged improper touching of four young girls on a bus provided by the First Baptist Church of Arnold, Missouri while transporting a group of approximately twenty children to Sunday School. Defendant, a grandfather and member of the church for approximately thirty-five years, acted as the ""bus captain,"" and was responsible for maintaining order on the bus. Aside from Defendant and the bus driver, two women passengers were also on the bus. The bus driver and one of the women passengers testified that they did not see Defendant engage in any inappropriate behavior on the dates in question or at any other time. The other woman passenger did not testify.