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City of Greenwood v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLW No. 60195/Case No. WD70495 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Where a trial court granted a permanent injunction to a city prohibiting trucks transporting quarry rock ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Sentencing – DWI – Persistent Offender
Denbow v. State (MLW No. 60196/Case No. WD70474 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.) Where a defendant argued that an earlier conviction for driving with excessive blood alcohol content was not a conviction that would ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Pleas – Prejudice
Cherco v. State (MLW No. 60201/Case No. WD70071 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) (1)Where a defendant was fully questioned about his understanding of the proceedings involved in his guilty plea, the motion court did ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Plain Error Review
Cloyd v. State (MLW No. 60199/Case No. WD70320 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Where a defendant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney did not object to the introduction of ...
Read More »Contracts: Real Estate Sale – Revocable Trust – Individual Liability
Lakeridge Enterprises, Inc. v. Knox, et al. (MLW No. 60197/Case No. WD70444 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a buyer in a real estate transaction brought claims of breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation ...
Read More »Employer – Employee: Municipal Judge Appointment – MHRA – ‘Employee’
Howard v. City of Kansas City (MLW No. 60203/Case No. WD69803 – 15 pages) Where a woman who was nominated, but not selected, for an appointment as a municipal judge brought an action against the city under the Missouri Human ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Pleas – Prejudice
Cherco v. State (Case No. WD70071 – 21 pages) (1)Where a defendant was fully questioned about his understanding of the proceedings involved in his guilty plea, the motion court did not err in finding the plea to be voluntary and ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Victim Tampering – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Telephone Access
State v. Brashier (MLW No. 60175/Case No. WD70077 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where a defendant, who was charged with first-degree assault, burglary and victim tampering, pulled the telephone wires at the victims’ apartment ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Terry Stop – Reasonable Suspicion – Presence At Drug Transaction
State v. Peery (MLW No. 60172/Case No. WD71070 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, P.J.) Where a defendant argued that officers lacked reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop of his vehicle, the trial court’s grant of ...
Read More »Civil Practice: Order Of Protection – Attorney’s Fees – Non-Attorney
Afridi v. Auman (MLW No. 60174/Case No. WD70090 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a non-attorney successfully defended himself in a proceeding brought by his landlord who sought an order of protection against him, ...
Read More »Tort: Defamation – Tortious Interference – Damages
Topper v. Midwest Division, Inc., et al. (MLW No. 60173/Case No. WD70323 – 21 pages) Where a doctor who directed a neonatal group brought claims of defamation and tortious interference with contract after he was fired, misrepresentations of a doctor’s ...
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