STATE v. SPIDLE

No. WD 54404.

967 S.W.2d 289 (1998)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Lawrence Dale SPIDLE, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

April 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Kurz, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Christi A. Ingalsbe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.


SPINDEN, Judge.

In his appeal of the circuit court's judgment convicting him of statutory rape in the first degree, Lawrence Dale Spidle complains about the prosecutor's questions and comments during voir dire.1 Spidle asserts that the circuit court erred in allowing the prosecutor to question the venire panel regarding what type of evidence they would require to convict, to comment on Spidle's right to testify, and to define "proof...

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