Where a defendant in a child-molestation case argued that the trial court plainly erred in failing to declare a mistrial sua sponte after the prosecutor made a statement in closing argument that speculated about the possibility that the defendant might ...

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Where a defendant challenged his conviction for class A first-degree child molestation, the defendant was convicted under Section 566.067, which specified that the molestation was part of a “ritual or ceremony” defined as an act or series of acts performed ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Multiple Abusers ‘Ritual or Ceremony’

Where a defendant challenged jury instructions in his child-molestation case, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant did not show plain error, and his unpreserved double-jeopardy claim did not warrant review. Judgment is affirmed. State v. Stuckley (MLW No. 73217/Case ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law jury instructions

Where evidence showed that the defendant in a child-molestation case touched the victim on at least two separate incidents, the verdict director submitted failed to differentiate between the separate acts in a way that ensured that the jury unanimously convicted ...

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  Defendant was convicted for statutory sodomy and child molestation, after the minor daughter of his ex-wife accused him of multiple incidents of sexual assault. On appeal, defendant argued, among other things, that witnesses improperly bolstered the victim’s credibility and ...

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Denial of Mistrial Witness Credibility

State v. Armstrong (MLW No. 72036/Case No. ED105771 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

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State v. Bullard (MLW No. 72001/Case No. ED105589 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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State v. Beck (MLW No. 71805/Case No. WD80841 – 34 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law jury instructions Multiple Acts

State v. Crider (MLW No. 71680/Case No. WD80370 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Sufficiency Of Evidence Victim's Age

State v. Hankins (MLW No. 71113/Case No. SD34600 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Rogers (MLW No. 71061/Case No. ED104928 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)

Tagged with: child molestation Criminal Law Improper Bolstering Victim Credibility