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State v. Canaday (MLW No. 68545/Case No. WD77585 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)
Criminal Law : Child Molestation – Victim’s Statements – Right To Confrontation
State v. Sanders (MLW No. 68449/Case No. SD33239 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.)
Criminal Law : Child Molestation – Excluded Evidence – Rape Shield Statute
State v. Gorman (MLW No. 68209/Case No. WD77684 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)
Criminal Law : Child Molestation – Self Representation – Child’s Statements
State v. Nelson (MLW No. 68109/Case No. SD32259 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)
Criminal Law : Closing Argument – Isolated Remark – Child Molestation
State v. Weaver (MLW No. 67476/Case No. ED100299 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)
Criminal Law : Juror Misconduct – Nondisclosure – Child Molestation
State v. Ess (MLW No. 67357/Case No. SC93745 – 34 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Draper III, J.; Russell, C.J., Breckenridge, Stith and Teitelman, JJ., concur; Wilson, J., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion filed; Fischer, J., concurs in opinion of Wilson, J.)
Criminal Law : Child Molestation – Miranda
State v. Wilson (MLW No. 67203/Case No. ED100065 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.)
Criminal Law : Statutory Sodomy – Child Molestation – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Huffman (MLW No. 66533/Case No. ED100189 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)
Civil trial in drunken wrong-room incident at Ritz slated for August
A posh Clayton hotel will get its turn to defend its actions in the headline-grabbing case of a man who got into bed with a child in what he thought was his hotel room in 2011.
Criminal Law: Child Molestation – Sufficiency Of Evidence – ‘Clothing’
State v. Kelso (MLW No. 64648/Case No. WD74134 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Saline County, Rolf, J.
Criminal Law: Child Molestation – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Prosecutor’s Comments
State v. Walters (MLW No. 63314/Case No. ED96196 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)
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