(1)Where appellant general contractor and respondent office building owner cross-appealed in a dispute arising from a construction contract, the appellant’s Batson challenge failed because it did not show that the respondent’s reason for a strike was pretext, and the judgment ...

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Where a defendant challenged a judgment entered against him following a jury verdict convicting him of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, the trial court did not err in allowing the jury to use a transcript of a dash-camera video, and the court ...

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1)Where a defendant, who was convicted of charges including voluntary manslaughter, challenged the denial of his Batson challenge, the state gave appropriate, race-neutral reasons for striking an African American venireperson, and in a reverse-Batson issue, the trial court’s denial of ...

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Where a defendant, who was convicted of charges including assault and burglary, challenged the admission into evidence of statements made to police after his arrest, the defendant did not show plain error, and the trial court was not required to ...

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  Where a defendant challenged the exclusion of evidence regarding the taser certification of two officers involved in the arrest, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding impeachment evidence that was not legally relevant, and the judgment ...

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U.S. v. Hampton (MLW No. 71549/Case No. 16-3971 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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State v. Mosely (MLW No. 70718/Case No. WD79511 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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State v. Harris (MLW No. 70446/Case No. ED104441 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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State v. Alford (MLW No. 70174/Case No. ED104176 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)

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State v. Meeks (MLW No. 69616/Case No. SC95221 – 15 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; all concur)

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State v. Burnett (MLW No. 69329/Case No. ED102459 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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