Legal Opinion
State v. Bellew
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 1979No. 11025PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREWITT, Judge.
Defendant appeals from his fourth conviction of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Section 564.440, RSMo 1969. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Defendant makes one point on appeal. He contends that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecuting attorney to state in the final part of his closing argument: “There was no evidence of a Breathalyzer examination because that man refused to take one. That’s why there’s not one. Can’t present it if he won’t blow into the machine.” The state answers that the comments were justified in refuting this argument of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. DegraffenreidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. GranberrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- United States v. Norman F. LefevreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- City of St. Joseph v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. KnightonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. DixonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
- State v. ReedMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. DavisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. SpainMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- State v. WilkersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
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