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Where a father challenged the termination of his parental rights to six minor children, the trial court’s finding that termination was in the best interests of the children was not an abuse of discretion. Judgment is affirmed. Greene County Juvenile ...

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Where a registered sex offender challenged a guilty verdict on a charge of residing within 1,000 feet of a school, arguing that under the rule of lenity the distance between his home and the school was more than 1,000 feet ...

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Where a law firm challenged a judgment setting aside the registration of an order of the bankruptcy court awarding the firm fees and expenses in the debtor’s bankruptcy proceeding, the debtor failed to comply with the provisions of the law ...

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Where a mother challenged a child custody award, the mother’s brief did not substantially comply with Rule 84.04, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Biggs v. Brinneman (MLW No. 74917/Case No. SD36178 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of ...

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Where a claimant challenged the reversal of an award of permanent total disability benefits against the Second Injury Fund, the decision is reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the award because the compensable occupational disease occurred before January 1, ...

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Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case argued that she received ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting the state’s pre-trial plea offer for a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder and instead proceeding to trial, the motion court properly found ...

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Where a defendant challenged her convictions for charges including first-degree murder, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing officers to testify about the meaning of slang terms used by the defendant such as “getting her wings” and ...

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Where assessors challenged a trial court judgment affirming a State Tax Commission order establishing the value of two low-income housing properties for certain tax years, the commission’s choice and application of the income approach to valuing the properties was reasonable ...

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Where a defendant argued that a trial court erred when it refused to sever resisting-arrest and gun charges from child-molestation and statutory rape charges, the sex offense charges provided the basis for the state to bring the other charges and ...

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Where a defendant in a robbery and burglary case challenged the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, the claim of prosecutorial misconduct was not cognizable in a Rule 29.15 proceeding, the findings that counsel was not ineffective and that ...

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Where a defendant challenged a denial of post-conviction relief, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel, the motion court did not clearly err, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. Shelby v. State (MLW No. 74756/Case No. SD36125 – 3 pages) ...

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