{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"edward-dennis-rodgers-defendant","displayName":"EDWARD DENNIS RODGERS, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37796:2024-06-07","opinionId":"99ebbbdb-353c-5ecf-be72-51826a2eb670","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-edward-dennis-rodgers-defendant-d37796","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nvs.\nEDWARD DENNIS RODGERS, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37796","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2024-06-07","year":2024,"display_summary":"Edward Dennis Rodgers appealed his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm, raising four points of alleged plain error. He claimed the trial court erred by not instructing the jury on self-defense or justification by necessity, by excluding an inmate's testimony, and by allowing questioning about his post-arrest silence. The Southern District of Missouri declined to review any of Rodgers's points for plain error, finding he failed to facially establish substantial grounds for believing manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice occurred. Consequently, the trial court's judgment was affirmed.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","jury-instructions","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=208882","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-edward-dennis-rodgers-defendant-d37796","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}