Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael W. DUNCAN, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-03-17
Citations: 964 S.W.2d 865
Docket Number: No. WD 53014
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael W. DUNCAN, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 964
Pages: 865–865

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael W. DUNCAN, Appellant.
No. WD 53014.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
March 17, 1998.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 28, 1998.
Kenneth C. Hensley, Hensley & Hensley, Raymore, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Breck K. Burgess, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
A jury found Michael W. Duncan guilty of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, and sentenced him to fifteen years in prison. Mr. Duncan appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a pretextual automobile stop, and that the court erred in overruling his motion for a mistrial after a police officer testified that he did not feel that Mr. Duncan had been truthful in his statements to him. This court finds that the court correctly overruled the motion to suppress evidence because Mr. Duncan was lawfully stopped for a traffic violation and the search of his vehicle was a valid inventory search. Additionally, this court finds that the trial court did not err in overruling the motion for mistrial because any potential prejudice from the witness's testimony was cured by the court's instruction to disregard the testimony.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).