Section 25.17 Punishment

• Library: Criminal Practice 2012 Supp

8. (§25.17) Punishment

The prosecutor may not ask for any specific punishment in the rebuttal portion of closing argument unless it is mentioned in the initial argument, although the reference need only be slight. State v. Peterson, 423 S.W.2d 825 (Mo. 1968); State v. Ross, 606 S.W.2d 416 (Mo. App. E.D. 1980); State v. Malveaux, 604 S.W.2d 728 (Mo. App. W.D. 1980); State v. Fox, 916 S.W.2d 356 (Mo. App. E.D. 1996). So if the prosecutor plans to ask for a term of years, that term of years, as a reference to...