STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. JOEY LYNN PLUNKETT

■ GARY W. LYNCH, J., Opinion author

A jury found Joey Lynn Plunkett (“Defendant”) guilty of three counts (Counts 1, 2, and 3) of assault of a law enforcement officer in the second degree, see section 565,081.1, and one count (Count 4) of . resisting arrest, see section 575.150. 1 On appeal, Defendant’s first point claims the trial court erred in refusing his tendered instruction for “self-defense in resisting excessive force in an arrest,” and his remaining threq points seek Rule 30.20 plain error review, claiming that the trial court plainly erred .in failing to .sua sponte instruct the jury…