Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
State of Missouri vs. Xavier Blake Gee
Xavier Gee was convicted by a jury of multiple felonies, including first-degree rape, sodomy, kidnapping, robbery, and armed criminal action, involving two victims. On appeal, Gee challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for kidnapping, the trial court's refusal to answer a jury question on sentencing, the rejection of a non-MAI jury instruction, and the admission of statements about drug use. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment on all points, finding sufficient evidence for kidnapping, that Gee invited error regarding the jury question, that the non-MAI instruction was properly rejected, and that the drug use statements were admissible to show motive.