Criminal Law: Closing Argument-Plain Error Review

Where a defendant challenged his convictions in a statutory rape and sodomy case, the defendant failed to show that the trial court plainly erred in admitting portions of an interrogation in which a detective repeatedly asserted that children do not lie about sexual abuse, and similar statements by police officers have been found admissible, and the defendant failed to show manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice in connection with allegedly improper remarks made during the state’s closing argument.

Judgment is affirmed.

State v. Martin (MLW No. 79551/Case No. SD37408 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Borthwick, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Greene County, Jones, J.