State v. Wheeler

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Stephanie Wheeler (“Appellant”) appeals the sentence and judgment of the trial court following her conviction by a jury of the class C felony of statutory rape in the second degree, section 566.034. 1 Appellant was sentenced by the trial court to seven years imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

In her sole point of trial court error, Appellant asserts the trial court abused its discretion in denying her request for a mistrial during the State’s closing argument “when the [State’s] [PowerPoint] presentation visually referenced Appellant’s failure to…