Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Harold GRAY, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2004-10-26
Citations: 147 S.W.3d 121
Docket Number: No. WD 63531
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Harold GRAY, Appellant.
Judges: Before VICTOR C. HOWARD, P.J., ROBERT G. ULRICH and PATRICIA A. BRECKENRIDGE, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 147
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Harold GRAY, Appellant.
No. WD 63531.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Oct. 26, 2004.
Ellen H. Flottman, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Deborah Daniels, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before VICTOR C. HOWARD, P.J., ROBERT G. ULRICH and PATRICIA A. BRECKENRIDGE, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Harold Gray appeals from his conviction following jury trial for the crime of violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections, section 217.885, RSMo 2000, a class B felony, and his sentence as a prior and persistent offender of twenty years imprisonment to be served consecutively to the sentence he was then serving. He claims that the trial court plainly erred when it did not sua sponte declare a mistrial during the State's closing argument because the prosecuting attorney's comments appealed to the passions and prejudices of the jury when the prosecutor argued that his prior convictions were the basis for finding him guilty of the charged offense. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).