State v. Delaney

ULRICH, Chief Judge, Presiding Judge.

Aaron Delaney appeals his convictions following jury trial for voluntary manslaughter, section 565.023, RSMo 1994, and armed criminal action, section 571.015, RSMo 1994, and consecutive terms of fifteen years imprisonment. Mr. Delaney raises two issues on appeal. He argues that the trial court erred and abused its discretion by (1) allowing the state to misstate the evidence in closing argument; and (2) permitting the state to argue that the juror’s verdicts would be a “public and permanent record” in closing argument where the argument sought to…