State v. Harp

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Loril William Harp, was convicted by a jury of carrying a concealed weapon, § 571.030, RSMo (Supp.1983), and sentenced by the court to a fine of $500. On appeal defendant claims that (1) the weapon in question was seized as a result of an illegal search; (2) the State failed to make a submissible case; and (3) a mistrial should have been declared because of improper. closing argument by the prosecutor. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The record, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, disclosed that on March 10, 1982, at about 8 p.m., two St. Louis…