State v. Plaster

Gary Owen Plaster, Jr. (“Defendant”) was convicted following a jury trial of second-degree assault and armed criminal action. See sections 565.060 and 571.015.1 Defendant claims on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence State’s exhibit 30, which his brief describes as a “large butcher knife” (“the big knife”).2 Consistent with his trial objection and motion for new trial, Defendant claims the probative value of the big knife was “outweighed by its prejudicial impact” as it “had little connection to the charged offenses and evidence of other weapons is…