State v. Nolen

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

A jury found Sheri Rae Nolen (Defendant) guilty of forgery, in violation of § 570.090.-1(4), RSMo 1986. The trial court sentenced her as a prior offender to four years in prison.

Defendant raises two points on appeal. She first claims the trial court should have declared a mistrial when the assistant prosecutor, during closing argument, commented on Defendant’s prior criminal record. Second, she claims the trial court should not have submitted to the jury a “reasonable doubt” instruction patterned after MAI-CR 3d 302.04.

On September 10, 1992, Defendant presented a check to a…