Missouri Court of Appeals September 9, 1980, No. 41674 (State v. Sanford)

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument in violation of § 561.011 RSMo 1969.1 On appeal he assigns two points of alleged error: (1) that he was precluded from presenting evidence to establish that he had not made any writing on the instrument; (2) that during closing argument, the prosecutor made improper reference to defendant’s failure to present evidence.