Straight out of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District: State's comment in closing argument suggesting defendant had been at a party drinking the night before he was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) was reasonable inference from facts in evidence; defendant was pulled over at 6 a.m. on a Sunday Halloween morning while he was wearing a Dracula-type costume, he admitted to having a drink earlier in the night, he was acting intoxicated, and there was no evidence that defendant was an early-rising trick-or-treater. State v. Caines, 427 S.W.3d 305, (Mo. Ct. App., E.Dist, Div. 2 2014)

Straight out of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District: State's comment in closing argument suggesting defendant had been at a party drinking the night before he was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) was reasonable inference from facts in evidence; defendant was pulled over at 6 a.m. on a Sunday Halloween morning while he was wearing a Dracula-type costume, he admitted to having a drink earlier in the night, he was acting intoxicated, and there was no evidence that defendant was an early-rising trick-or-treater. State v. Caines, 427 S.W.3d 305, (Mo. Ct. App., E.Dist, Div. 2 2014)

by Christian T. Misner



August 14, 2014 at 12:13PM

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