Joplin man bound over for trial on sodomy charge following preliminary hearing

Brandon Eugene Funkhouser (DOB 1981) was bound over for trial on a first-degree sodomy charge following a preliminary hearing that ended abruptly when the alleged victim suffered a medical emergency and was unable to continue with her testimony.

Funkhouser's attorney, Jacqueline V. Jiminez, Springfield, was only three questions from finishing her cross-examination of the woman when the medical emergency occurred, according to online Jasper County Circuit Court records.

Judge Joseph Hensley ruled that enough evidence had been introduced to show there was probable cause for Funkhouser to be bound over for trial.

According to the probable cause statement, Funkhouser committed the alleged crime in a Joplin hotel room, where the victim, a 21-year-old woman, was visiting her friend when Funkhouser and another man arrived.

The alleged crime took place when the friend and the other man left to go to a store.

More details can be found at the link below.

The Turner Report: Joplin man charged with sodomizing woman at local hotel (rturner229.blogspot.com)