State v. Jones

HOLSTEIN, Chief Judge.

These two cases arise from the same incident in which Lenon Lee Jones and Robert L. Jones were convicted by a jury in a joint trial for possession of cocaine under § 195.020. 1 Each defendant was sentenced to nine months in jail.

Both defendants argue on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to support the guilty verdict. They also assert that the trial judge committed plain error by failing to strike, sua sponte, certain remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument.

The undisputed facts are that on the 24th of November, 1986, Lenon Lee Jones was driving south…