Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Date unavailable
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. SCOTT A. GOODWIN-BEY, Defendant-Appellant
Scott Goodwin-Bey appealed his convictions for first-degree murder and armed criminal action, arguing the trial court erred by denying his motion for a new trial. The motion was based on a juror's post-verdict affidavit alleging coercion and misgivings about the verdict, and a claim of non-disclosure during voir dire. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the trial court correctly excluded the juror's affidavit under the Mansfield Rule, which generally prohibits jurors from impeaching their verdict. Furthermore, the court declined to exercise plain error review for the unpreserved claim of non-disclosure during voir dire.