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Criminal Law: Warrantless Arrest-DNA Evidence-Synthetic Marijuana
Where a defendant who was charged with illegal gun possession challenged the admission of evidence, the district court did not err in finding that the defendant voluntarily gave a DNA sample, so there was no error in denying the motion to suppress DNA evidence, and the judgment is affirmed because the court also did not […]
Judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years post-execution
A Memphis judge ruled on Monday that the daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have the right to seek DNA testing of evidence in the case. April Alley is the daughter of Sedley Alley, executed in 2006 for the 1985 murder of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins. In May, […]
Judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years post-execution
A Memphis judge ruled on Monday that the daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have the right to seek DNA testing of evidence in the case. April Alley is the daughter of Sedley Alley, executed in 2006 for the 1985 murder of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins. In May, […]
CLAIMS of INNOCENCE
In the past 10 years, two attorneys at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner — Charles Weiss and Stephen Snodgrass — have won the exoneration of three different Missouri inmates serving sentences for murders they did not commit.
Criminal Law : DNA Evidence – Search – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Davis (MLW No. 69974/Case No. ED104046 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dolan, J.)
Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – DNA Evidence
Dorsey v. State (MLW No. 67134/Case No. SC93168 – 40 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; all concur)
Missouri seeks retrial in ‘83 prison stabbing
A Lee’s Summit man whose life sentence and murder conviction in a 1983 prison stabbing were overturned by the state Supreme Court is firing back against state prosecutors he says are withholding evidence as they press for a new trial.
Criminal Law: DNA Evidence – Right To Counsel – Waiver
U.S. v. Benson (MLW No. 63905/Case No. 11-2348 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Criminal Law: Criminal Non-Support – Paternity Dispute – DNA Evidence
State v. Buckler (MLW No. 62867/Case No. WD72794 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.)
Criminal Law: Repealed Murder Statute – DNA Evidence – Instruction
State v. Nash (Case No. SC90649 – 25 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; all concur)
Body found in 1988 was misidentified
More than 25 years later, Jefferson County law enforcement say they’ve identified Cynthia Horan’s remains using DNA technology — and that those remains were previously identified as another woman’s.
DNA may free man convicted in 1983
A St. Louis judge was just 14 when the man whose fate she’s now considering was arrested in the killing of a woman and brutal assault of her young children. Rodney Lincoln is serving a life sentence for manslaughter and assault in the death of the mother and severe injuries to her 4- and 7-year-old […]
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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