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STATE v. BANKS

No. SC 87921.

215 S.W.3d 118 (2007)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jeremy L. BANKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Hogan, Office of the Public Defender, Western Appellate/PCR Division, Kansas City, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shawn L. Naccarato, Asst. Atty. Gen, Jefferson City, for respondent.

PER CURIAM1.

A jury found Jeremy L. Banks guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for killing Alvon Turner on September 14, 2003, in Kansas City. Banks does not challenge the sufficiency of the state's evidence against him. He correctly claims the prosecuting attorney's rebuttal closing argument referring to Banks as the "Devil" was improper and prejudicial. The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded.

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