STATE OF MISSOURI v. JOHN WILLIS HOUGH

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD37664 vs. ) ) FILED: September 6, 2023 JOHN WILLIS HOUGH, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GREENE COUNTY Honorable Thomas E. Mountjoy, Judge AFFIRMED John Hough (“Defendant”) was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of first- degree statutory sodomy involving a person less than 14 years of age (“Victim”). See section 566.062, RSMo Cum. Supp. (2017). On appeal, Defendant requests plain error review, see Rule 30.20, 1 of an improper comment by the prosecutor during closing argument regarding Defendant’s…