Legal Opinion

State v. Mosley

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 21, 1989No. 15833Published

1Opinion of the Court

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of burglary in the second degree and stealing, and he was sentenced, as a prior offender, to concurrent terms of seven years for each offense. Defendant appeals.

Defendant’s sole point is that the trial court erred in overruling his objection to the conduct of the prosecutor in cross-examining defendant with regard to his prior convictions and in making two references to defendant’s prior convictions during closing argument. The prosecutor’s conduct, so defendant claims, placed “undue emphasis” on defendant’s prior convictions.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  2. State v. GiffinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. State v. DunnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. State v. JewellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  5. State v. MobleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963

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