Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Antonio CAROTHERS, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2001-12-04
Citations: 66 S.W.3d 122
Docket Number: No. ED 78928
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Antonio CAROTHERS, Appellant.
Judges: Before RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, P.J., GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., J. and CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 66
Pages: 122–123

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Antonio CAROTHERS, Appellant.
No. ED 78928.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
Dec. 4, 2001.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied Jan. 24, 2002.
Stacey F. Sullivan, Assistant Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Breck K. Burgess, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, P.J., GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., J. and CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Antonio Carothers (Defendant) appeals from the judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine base) in violation of § 195.202 RSMo 2000, and one count of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana, under 35 grams) in violation of the same statute. He was sentenced to a term of seven years' imprisonment on the first count and one year on the second, to be served concurrently. On appeal, Defendant claims the trial court erred and abused its discretion in allowing a remark during closing argument in which the prosecutor referred to Defendant as a "crack head." We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal. No error of law appears and a written opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).