James Kevin Adams Missouri Cases

James Kevin Adams appealed his convictions for statutory sodomy and child molestation, arguing that the verdict directors violated his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict by failing to specify a single criminal act in cases with evidence of multiple similar acts. The appellate court reviewed for plain error and reversed Adams's conviction on Count I (statutory sodomy) because the verdict director was defective in a multiple acts case where the evidence differentiated between incidents. However, the court affirmed the convictions on Counts III (statutory sodomy) and IV (child molestation), finding no unanimous jury verdict violation for those counts.