STATE OF MISSOURI v. LARRY W. TARVER, JR.

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD36215 ) LARRY W. TARVER, JR. ) FILED: November 3, 2020 ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF NEW MADRID COUNTY Honorable William Edward Reeves, Judge AFFIRMED At Larry Tarver’s robbery trial, the verdict-directing instruction varied from how the crime was formally charged. Tarver did not object and now claims plain error. We affirm the conviction. Background1 Tarver agreed to sell drugs to an undercover officer posing as a buyer. When they met to make the exchange, Tarver held to the officer’s head what the officer believed to be a…