Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Dec 5, 2023
State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Cecil Burrow, Appellant.
Cecil Burrow appealed his conviction on four counts of first-degree sodomy following a jury trial. He argued the trial court erred by admitting his out-of-court statements without sufficient corpus delicti, denying his motion for judgment of acquittal due to insufficient evidence, and admitting evidence of his impending divorce as improper character evidence. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, finding no abuse of discretion in admitting the statements or the divorce evidence, and concluding there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions.