Missouri Court of Appeals· 6/20/2017

State v. Escobar

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523 S.W.3d 545
2017 WL 2644090
2017 Mo. App. LEXIS 627

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granting plain-error review under Rule 30.20 for instructional error despite the defendant’s failure to object and renew the objection in a motion for new trial
finding no reasonable argument that manifest injustice occurred where there were no substantial conflicts in the evidence regarding the incidents of abuse
finding the defendant-had failed to prove that the error affected the verdict where the defendant a'sserted only a general defense and the State focused its inquiry on two particular incidents
although the verdict directors did not assure a unanimous verdict, no manifest injustice occurred where the record shows the State focused at trial and in closing argument on specific instances of abuse

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Judges: Ahuja, Ardini, Witt

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