State v. Stewart

Kenneth A. Stewart (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions after a jury trial of two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two related counts of armed criminal action. See sections 568.045 and 571.015.1 Defendant’s sole point claims the trial court plainly erred in denying his request to have venireperson no. 19 (“Juror 6”) removed from the panel for cause. Defendant did not present this claim to the trial court in his motion for new trial, so he seeks plain-error review under Rule 30.20, insisting that Juror 6’s subsequent service on the jury “resulted in a manifest injustice”…