Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Jul 18, 2024
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent v. SHAWN C. HANNA, Appellant
Shawn C. Hanna appealed his conviction for first-degree murder of his father, raising two points of error. First, he argued the trial court plainly erred by not sua sponte striking a juror who expressed an inability to sit in judgment. Second, he claimed the court plainly erred by admitting evidence that he did not complete a handwriting exemplar, suggesting consciousness of guilt. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, declining plain error review for both points because neither facially established substantial grounds for believing a manifest injustice resulted.