Where a defendant challenged the admission of text messages referring to alleged past drug transactions, the messages between the co-defendant and a third person were not hearsay, and the evidence was properly admitted under Rule 801(d)(2)(E). Judgment is affirmed. U.S. ...

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Where a defendant in a drug-conspiracy case, which included two counts of using a firearm resulting in death, challenged the admission of the government’s evidence of five other shootings, the district court properly admitted the evidence of four of the ...

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Defendant appealed from his conviction for financially exploiting an elderly person, challenging the trial court’s admission of certain exhibits and denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss at the close of evidence. Where defendant’s previous letters to the victim requesting loans ...

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  Where a plaintiff, who was injured in a motorcycle accident, sued the motorcycle manufacturer for product liability and negligence as well as breach of the express and implied warranties of merchantability and violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, ...

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U.S. v. Watson (MLW No. 71877/Case No. 17-1723 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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Parker v. Arkansas Department of Corrections (MLW No. 71619/Case No. 17-1380 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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State v. Boston (MLW No. 71073/Case No. ED104563 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)

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U.S. v. Canales (MLW No. 70606/Case No. 16-3087 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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State v. McElroy (MLW No. 70599/Case No. WD79223 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)

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State v. Pitchford (MLW No. 70344/Case No. ED104283 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner, J.)

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U.S. v. Wallace (MLW No. 70360/Case No. 15-3496 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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