State v. Mattox

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant Norman W. Mattox appeals from a conviction in a jury trial of carrying a concealed weapon. § 571.115, RSMo (1978) (repealed 1981), (now § 571.030, RSMo (Supp.1984)). He was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $2000. Execution of the jail term was suspended and the defendant was placed on three years’ probation.

Defendant alleges five points on appeal: (1) the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the intoxication defense; (2) failure of the State to make a submissible case; (3) improper closing argument by the State alluding to an offense not charged;…