Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James W. ROBERSON, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2002-05-28
Citations: 75 S.W.3d 893
Docket Number: No. WD 60679
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James W. ROBERSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before HOWARD, P.J., and SMITH and NEWTON, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 75
Pages: 893–893

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James W. ROBERSON, Appellant.
No. WD 60679.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
May 28, 2002.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Stephanie Morrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Nancy A. McKerrow, Assistant Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Before HOWARD, P.J., and SMITH and NEWTON, JJ.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
A jury found appellant, James Roberson, guilty of forcible rape, section 566.030 RSMo 2000. He now appeals his conviction. He brings two points on appeal. First, he alleges that the trial court plainly erred "in failing to sua sponte interrupt the prosecutor during his closing argument when the prosecutor began arguing that the jury could use Appellant's prior convictions as substantive evidence of guilt." Second, he alleges that the trial court plainly erred in giving the forcible rape instruction to the jury without including a lack of consent paragraph.
Affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).