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STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Roderick D. ELLIS, Appellant.
    WD 80389
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
    ORDER FILED: December 26, 2018
    Joshua D. Hawley, Attorney General, and Richard A. Starnes, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.
    Matthew C. Hans and Allison A. Schaper, St. Louis, MO, Attorneys for Appellant.
    Before Division Four: Karen King Mitchell, Chief Judge, and Victor C. Howard and Lisa White Hardwick, Judges
    Order
   Per Curiam:

Roderick Ellis appeals, following a jury trial, his convictions of kidnapping, § 565.110, first-degree domestic assault, § 565.072, first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, § 565.081, and two counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015, for which he was sentenced to a total of thirty years' imprisonment. Ellis raises two claims on appeal. First, he argues that the prosecutor made an allegedly improper statement during closing argument. Second, Ellis argues that the State should not have been allowed to present testimony from eight witnesses who were endorsed approximately two weeks before trial. Finding no error, plain or otherwise, we affirm. Rule 30.25(b).