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- Title: State Missouri v. Earl Brydon
- Author : Missouri Court of Appeals Western District
- Release Date : January 22, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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The defendant was convicted of the deviate sexual assault in the first degree [ § 566.070, RSMo 1978] practiced upon a foster-daughter and was sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. The prosecution resulted from an incident of child abuse reported under the procedures of Child Protection, Chapter 210 of the statutes. The defendant contends, among other errors, that the evidence for conviction were statements given in confidence protected by law from disclosure and otherwise involuntary. The defendant Brydon and wife were the foster parents of the female child N then fifteen years of age. The child and a brother were in the custody of the Brydons as foster parents for some three years. On April 23, 1979, witness Munson, a private practitioner of psychology and family therapy - then a counselor with the Family Service [a private enterprise] in Columbia, Missouri -received an anonymous telephone call. The caller intimated that a sexual contact occurred between her husband and a fifteen-year-old daughter and sought her professional counsel. The witness Munson explained that she was under the obligation of the law to report any incident of sexual abuse to the Division of Family Services. The caller expressed concern about that condition and discontinued conversation. The caller telephoned again that day to identify herself as Lovedy Brydon [wife of the defendant]. On that subsequent occasion, witness Munson told her that we would probably have to report [the incident]. Ms. Brydon made an appointment with the counselor-therapist for the following Thursday, April 26th. [The Munson testimony mentioned another telephone conversation with Ms. Brydon on April 24th, but the contents are not mentioned.]