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Price named chairman of national drug court group

Judge William Ray Price Jr., the soon-to-be chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. The association is a not-for-profit organization that helps fund drug courts. Price helped develop the first drug court in Missouri after his 1992 appointment to [...]

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Court rules sex offender change of address law constitutional

The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of sex offender William D. Holden who failed to register a change of address within 10 days of moving as required by law. Holden argued that the statute requiring the change of address registration is unconstitutional as a retrospective law because he pleaded guilty to two counts of [...]

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