State of Missouri v. Clinton M. Boyd

Summary

The Court affirmed Boyd’s convictions for statutory sodomy, child molestation, and child enticement. It held that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to sever the counts, that sufficient evidence supported the enticement conviction, and that Boyd was not entitled to plain-error relief based on the challenged cross-examination or closing argument. The Court also declined to review one unpreserved claim that Boyd abandoned and found a clerical judgment issue moot after correction.