Court Opinion

ID: 9610533
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:42:42.583821+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:00.903591
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JOHN E. PARRISH,
Presiding Judge, concurring.
I concur in the result reached; that the judgment of conviction is to be affirmed. I would do so, however, on the basis that the two points appellant seeks to raise were not preserved for appellate review in that they were not raised in his motion for new trial as required by Rule 29.11(d). I would decline appellant’s request for plain error review of those issues.
“The plain error rule should be used sparingly and does not justify a review of every trial error that has not been properly preserved for appellate review.” State v. McMillin, 783 S.W.2d 82, 98 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 881, 111 S.Ct. 225, 112 L.Ed.2d 179 (1990). In my opinion it is readily apparent that there is no substantial ground for believing that either of the claims of error appellant now asks this court to review constitutes a substantial ground for finding there was manifest injustice or miscarriage of justice. See Rule 30.20. I would, therefore, decline to grant plain error review and affirm the judgment of conviction for the reason that the points appellant raises were not preserved for appellate review.