State v. Green

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

Following jury trial, Michael Green (“Defendant”) was convicted of two counts of child molestation in the first degree, in violation of § 566.067, RSMo 2000. He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on each count, with the sentences to be served consecutively.

Defendant raises two points on appeal and contends that the trial court abused its discretion in overruling his objection to a portion of the State’s opening argument in which reference was made to the guilty plea of the victim’s father, and in overruling Defendant’s request for a mistrial during the State’s…