State v. Scrutchfield

GAITAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Mark Scrutchfield, was convicted by a jury of the sale of a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of § 195.020 RSMo, and sentenced as a prior offender to ten years. Defendant appeals this conviction alleging the trial court erred in the following respects: (1) By allowing the State in closing argument, over objection, to interpret the meaning of the verdict directing instruction (No. 5); (2) By permitting the State in closing argument, over objection, to misquote the evi-*194dénce and refer to facts not in evidence; (3) By not submitting to…