STATE v. MOORE

No. 62414.

620 S.W.2d 370 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Moses MOORE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Nation, Kansas City, Clifford A. Cohen, Public Defender, Gary L. Gardner, Kevin Locke, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Darrell Panethiere, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for respondent.


HIGGINS, Judge.

A jury convicted Moses Moore of sodomy and rape and fixed his punishment at twenty-five years for each offense. Judgment was rendered accordingly with the sentences to be served concurrently. The Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed. The case was transferred by this Court to consider further the propriety of the prosecuting attorney's remarks in closing argument concerning defendant's failure to present corroborative witnesses. Affirmed.

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