State v. Jacobs

ULRICH, Judge.

Timothy Jacobs appeals his conviction following a jury trial for kidnapping, § 565.110, RSMo 1994, and sentence of ten years imprisonment. He asserts that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other crimes and in allowing the prosecutor to comment about his prior convictions during closing argument.

The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

In 1989, Timothy Jacobs and Delois Cavil began a five-year relationship. During the relationship, the couple lived together and had a daughter, Savannah. Mr. Jacobs began to verbally and physically abuse Ms. Cavil in 1990. In one…