State of Missouri v. Brian K. Heathcock

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• observing that raising an issue is “essential” for preservation, while “making a particular argument” is far less important (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding, in consolidated cases, that trial courts’ failures to instruct on a required mental state ele- ment constituted plain errors because they were errors of law, not reasonably in dispute, and apparent on the record
• holding, in consolidated cases, that trial courts’ failures to instruct on a required mental state ele- ment constituted plain errors because they were errors of law, not reasonably in dispute, and apparent on the record
• holding, in consolidated cases, that trial courts’ failures to instruct on a required mental state ele- ment constituted plain errors because they were errors of law, not reasonably in dispute, and apparent on the record
• relying on another Supreme Court case decided the same day to hold that it was plain error not to give a mental-state instruction on a particular element
• relying on another Supreme Court case decided the same day to hold that it was plain error not to give a mental-state instruc- tion on a particular element

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