State v. Callahan

PARRISH, Judge.

Richard Callahan (defendant) was convicted of sodomy following a jury trial. § 566.060.3.1 He was charged as and found to be a prior offender and a persistent offender. §§ 558.016.2 and .3. Defendant appeals contending trial error in permitting the prosecuting attorney to argue facts not in evidence during closing argument. This court affirms.

Defendant lived with Q.W. Q.W.’s granddaughter, T.T., visited her grandmother’s home two or three times a month. When T.T. visited during the summer, she would often ride with defendant on a lawn mower while he cut the lawn. She would sit…