Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Hadley JACKSON, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1986-03-11
Citations: 706 S.W.2d 575
Docket Number: No. 50108
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Hadley JACKSON, Appellant.
Judges: DOWD, P.J., and REINHARD, J., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 706
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Hadley JACKSON, Appellant.
No. 50108.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
March 11, 1986.
Mary Elizabeth Dockery, Asst. Public Defender, Clayton, for appellant.
William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Lee A. Bonine, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Opinion:
CRIST, Judge.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of stealing three coats of a value of more that $150.00 from Famous-Barr Company. He was sentenced by the trial court as a persistent offender to 10 years imprisonment. We affirm.
Defendant asserts the trial court should have given his proffered instruction on stealing property of a value under $150.00. Each of the three stolen coats cost Famous-Barr $65.00 and the retail value of each was $134.99. There was a possibility Famous-Barr may have received a discount from the vendor of such coats. The fact that Famous-Barr may have received a discount of some unknown amount on the cost of the coats was insufficient evidence upon which to base an instruction on stealing three coats of a value less than $150.00. Section 570.020(1) RSMo 1978. State v. Carter, 544 S.W.2d 334, 338-39[7] (Mo.App.1976).
Defendant asked review of his Point Relied On II under plain error. Rule 30.20. He states the trial court should have sua sponte declared a mistrial regarding prosecutor's closing argument statements, not based upon the evidence, of why the prosecutor did not call certain witnesses and why defendant's photographs were inadequate. We decline to review under plain error. However, we have searched the record and find no manifest injustice in the trial court's refusal to sua sponte declare a mistrial.
Judgment affirmed.
DOWD, P.J., and REINHARD, J., concur.