STATE v. SAUNDERS

No. KCD 28780.

548 S.W.2d 276 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Marvin Lee SAUNDERS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

February 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Schwabe, II, Columbia, for appellant.

David M. Strauss, Asst. Pros. Atty., Columbia, for respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P. J., and SOMERVILLE and TURNAGE, JJ.


WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Appealing from a conviction by jury under § 564.440 RSMo 1969 for driving while intoxicated, defendant assigns three points of error.

As his first point, defendant states that the trial court erred by failing to sustain an objection to an explanation by the prosecuting attorney in his closing argument as to why he had been absent from the courtroom during a portion of the trial. Defendant alleges that the explanation referred...

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