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Article: Child molestation count against Festus man gets reversed by Mo. Court of Appeals Eastern District
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- Missouri Lawyers Media
- Article date:
- May 21, 2009
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has reversed
judgment on one count of first-degree child molestation against a
Festus man.
A Jefferson County jury convicted Billie R. Hale on 11 counts of
various sex offenses against four female minors. All were between
the ages of 10 and 12 at the time of the charged offenses.
Hale was charged with six counts of statutory sodomy in the first
degree, three counts of child molestation in the first degree, and
two counts of statutory rape in the first degree. The charged
offenses took place between 1998 and 2004.
Following trial in March 2008, the jury found Hale guilty on all
11 counts and the court sentenced him to the following consecutive ...