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Jan 19, 2026
Missouri Supreme Court adopts Houston v. Crider framework for against-the-weight-of-the-evidence claims on appeal
Seasoned appellate lawyers know there are sometimes standards that don’t appear in the procedural rules and haven’t been explicitly adopted by the Missouri Supreme Court.
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