STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. MARION WILLIAM KASPARIE, JR.

A jury found Marion William Kasparie, Jr. (“Defendant”) guilty of domestic assault in the second degree for acts committed on April 29, 2013 against a household member (“Victim”). 1 Defendant’s first two points claim the trial court abused its discretion by: (1) “overruling [Defendants request for a mistrial during the prosecutor’s closing argument” when the prosecutor made “a clear reference to the fact that [Defendant] did not testify”; and (2) “sustaining the [S]tate’s hearsay objection when” defense counsel asked an officer whether Defendant told him that Victim had attacked Defendant…