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STATE v. SANFORD

No. 41674.

605 S.W.2d 219 (1980)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Charles Edward SANFORD, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

September 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Kathryn Marie Krause, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, George Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for appellant.

Robert C. Babione, Public Defender, James Porter, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for respondent.

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument in violation of § 561.011 RSMo 1969.1 On appeal he assigns two points of alleged error: (1) that he was precluded from presenting evidence to establish that he had not made any writing on the instrument; (2) that during closing argument, the prosecutor made improper reference to defendant's failure to present evidence. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

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