State v. Mick

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

After consolidated trial, a jury found Mark and Steve Mick guilty of stealing property having a value greater than $150. Section 570.030 RSMo. 1982. They each received sentences of six mouths imprisonment in the county jail and a fine of $500. On consolidated appeal the defendants challenge: 1) the sufficiency of the evidence submitted to the jury to convict them; 2) the submission of jury instructions relating to punishment; and 3) the court’s failure to sustain objections to the prosecuting attorney’s use of his personal opinion during closing argument.

The facts consistent…