STATE v. WATTS

No. KCD 30397.

595 S.W.2d 766 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Kenneth L. WATTS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

March 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Johnson, Kansas City, for appellant.

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

Before WASSERSTROM, C. J., Presiding, and DIXON and SOMERVILLE, JJ.


WASSERSTROM, Chief Judge.

Upon jury trial held in April 1978, defendant was convicted of first degree murder and first degree robbery. He appeals on the grounds that: (1) he was deprived of a representative jury because of a selection which was discriminatory against women in violation of Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 99 S.Ct. 664, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979); and (2) the closing argument by the prosecutor constituted an improper...

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