Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Mar 25, 2019
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent vs. ROGER DUTCHER, Defendant-Appellant
Roger Dutcher was convicted by a jury of two counts of sodomy committed against his former girlfriend's younger child. On appeal, Dutcher argued that propensity evidence was erroneously admitted and that the jury instructions failed to specify a particular incident or require unanimous agreement on the same incident. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, finding that the claim regarding propensity evidence was not preserved for review and that the jury instructions contained no plain error because the acts were repeated and non-distinct.