[DOWNLOAD] "State Missouri v. William Lee Atkins" by Eastern District, Division 3 Missouri Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. William Lee Atkins
- Author : Eastern District, Division 3 Missouri Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 28, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Defendant, William Lee Atkins, was jury-convicted of first degree burglary (§ 569.160), 1 forcible rape (§ 566.030) and armed criminal action (§ 571.015). The trial court, after hearing evidence of defendant's prior convictions of first degree burglary and stealing, forcible rape and second degree burglary, found Atkins to be a persistent offender (§ 558.016.3) and a persistent sexual offender (§ 558.018.2), and sentenced him to 30 years' imprisonment for the rape, without the possibility of probation or parole, and 15 years for the burglary and armed criminal action charges, with the two 15-year sentences to run concurrently, but consecutive to the 30-year sentence assessed for the rape conviction. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the three convictions is not questioned on appeal. It suffices to say that there was sufficient evidence introduced at trial from which the jury could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that in the early morning hours of July 29, 1983, Atkins forcibly entered the apartment of a female, C.S., by gaining entry through a window. After a struggle with his victim, Atkins overcame her will to resist, by threatening to stab her with a knife he displayed, and forcibly raped her.