State v. Goble

PARRISH, Judge.

James A. Goble (defendant) was convicted following a jury trial of involuntary manslaughter, a class C felony. § 565.024.1(2), RSMo 1986. He appeals the judgment of conviction contending the trial court committed plain error in not, sua sponte, removing a prospective juror during voir dire. This court affirms.

On the evening of August 6, 1994, Kayla Horn, age 10, was at a softball complex — an area of four softball fields — near Strafford, Missouri. A foul ball was hit across a road adjacent to one of the softball fields. The ball was in the grass on the shoulder of the roadway.…