Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Dec 5, 2024
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. BENJAMIN ALLEN BODINE, Defendant-Appellant
Benjamin Allen Bodine appealed his convictions for enticement of a child and first-degree statutory sodomy, arguing the trial court plainly erred by sending a video of a juvenile witness interview to the jury during deliberations. The defendant failed to preserve this claim for appeal, requesting plain error review. The Southern District of Missouri Court of Appeals declined to exercise plain error review, affirming the judgment based on established precedent that such forensic interviews are not testimonial in nature and can be provided to the jury.