Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Darren L. ROUNTREE, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-05-20
Citations: 108 S.W.3d 704
Docket Number: No. WD 60563
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Darren L. ROUNTREE, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and SMART and EDWIN H. SMITH, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 108
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Darren L. ROUNTREE, Appellant.
No. WD 60563.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
May 20, 2003.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 1, 2003.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Dora A. Fichter, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Susan L. Hogan, Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and SMART and EDWIN H. SMITH, JJ.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
Darren L. Rountree appeals the judgment of his convictions, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, of one count of statutory sodomy in the first degree, § 566.062; two counts of child molestation in the second degree, § 566.068; two counts of attempted statutory sodomy, § 564.011; and one count of furnishing pornographic material to a minor, § 573.040.
In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the trial court plainly erred in failing to sua sponte declare a mistrial or admonish the jury for the State's arguing punishment in the rebuttal portion of its closing argument because, contrary to the law, the "state did not 'fairly state' its position on the issue of punishment in the first part of its closing argument."
Affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).