STATE v. WOODS

No. 10676.

577 S.W.2d 122 (1979)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Henry J. WOODS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division II.

Motion for Rehearing Denied and Transfer Denied January 25, 1979.

Application to Transfer Denied March 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David Robards, Public Defender, Joplin, for defendant-appellant.


BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Henry J. Woods was tried and convicted in Jasper County of stealing a motor vehicle. He claims error was committed by the trial court in denying his request for a continuance, in failing to grant him a new trial because of newly-discovered evidence, in refusing to declare a mistrial following the answer of a witness, and in permitting a remark made by the prosecutor in his opening statement. We affirm.

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