STATE v. JARMON

No. 38679.

556 S.W.2d 469 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Clifford JARMON, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Three.

September 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Ashwell, Asst. Public Defender, 22nd Judicial Circuit, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by jury of first degree murder of Avery Donnie Brooks. His appeal raises two points of alleged error: (1) that the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial after the prosecutor, in closing argument, referred to the defendant as a "dopehead"; (2) that the testimony of the State's key witness was unbelievable, and, hence, defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted. We affirm the judgment.

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