STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. CLYDE CLEVELAND WHITE

A jury found Clyde Cleveland White (“Defendant”) guilty of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. See sections 571.015 and 571.030. 1 The trial court sentenced Defendant to concurrent, 15-year terms on each count. In two points, Defendant claims: (1) his convictions violate his constitutional right to be free from double jeopardy; and (2) the trial court plainly erred in overruling his trial objection to a portion of the prosecutor’s rebuttal closing argument.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions, and we mention only facts…