State of Missouri v. Mark C. Brandolese

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed Brandolese’s convictions for second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. It held that his unpreserved claims concerning juror disqualification, jury instructions, and hearsay did not establish plain error or manifest injustice, and that the circuit court acted within its discretion in excluding specific-act evidence concerning the victim. The court declined to decide whether the juror-disqualification statute applied to the assistant prosecutor’s sister because Brandolese failed to show resulting prejudice.