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Domestic Relations: Child Custody-Modification
Defendant appealed the trial court’s order modifying the parties’ child custody arrangement and awarding sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child to plaintiff. Where defendant’s appellate brief failed […]
Criminal Law: Statutory Rape-Judgment of Acquittal
Defendant appealed his convictions and sentence for statutory rape and statutory sodomy, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the state failed […]
Criminal Law: Rape-Exclusion of Prior Victim Allegations
Defendant appealed his convictions for second-degree rape, arguing that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the victim’s prior rape allegation. Where defendant failed to prove by a preponderance […]
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel due to plea counsel’s failure to adequately advise him that he could proceed to trial […]
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Abandonment Inquiry
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. After defendant filed a pro se motion, the trial court appointed counsel, which failed to file an amended motion within […]
Consumer Law: No Call List-Dismissal
Plaintiff appealed the trial court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging that defendants violated the Missouri No Call List by sending three text messages to his cell phone. Plaintiff noted that […]
Domestic Relations: Dissolution-Property Division
Husband appealed the trial court’s judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage, challenging the trial court’s property division, spousal maintenance and child support orders. Where the trial court had yet to divide […]
Domestic Relations: Dissolution-Extraterritorial Common Law Marriage
Defendant appealed the trial court’s dismissal of the petition for dissolution of a Colorado common law marriage. The trial court ruled that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the petition. […]
Domestic Relations: Dissolution-Civil Contempt
Husband appealed the trial court’s judgment that held him in civil contempt for violating the dissolution judgment. Where husband had complied with the contempt orders, he had purged the contempt […]
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief which alleged that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to evidence that defendant was a member of a […]
Domestic Relations-Order of Protection-Mootness
Defendant appealed the trial court’s entry of an order of protection that was designated to expire on March 12, 2026. Where there was no evidence that the order had been […]
Domestic Relations-Order of Protection-Substantial Emotional Distress
Respondent appealed the order of the trial court granting an order of protection in favor of petitioner. The parties had a tumultuous year-long relationship. The trial court found that both […]
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