EDWARD DENNIS RODGERS, Defendant- Missouri Cases

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.