Missouri Court of Appeals September 27, 1983, 45369 (State v. Tate)

SNYDER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments convicting him of three counts of rape, one count of sodomy, and one count of first degree assault. §§ 566.030, 566.060, 565.050 RSMo.1978. Appellant was sentenced as a persistent offender pursuant to § 558.016 RSMo.1978 to a total of thirty-five years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections.