Where a defendant challenged his convictions following the beating death of a child, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the out-of-court statements of the victim’s 5-year-old brother because the statements were reliable and admissible under the ...

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Defendant was charged with abuse of a child resulting in death. Pre-trial, defense counsel moved to exclude the victim’s autopsy results. The trial court ruled that the autopsy need not have been performed by a certified child death pathologist and ...

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State v. Henderson (MLW No. 71699/Case No. WD80066 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

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State v. Cunningham (MLW No. 71574/Case No. ED105080 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)

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State v. Balbirnie (MLW No. 71458/Case No. WD80098 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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State v. Oates (MLW No. 71412/Case No. SC96650 – 10 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Powell, J.; all concur)

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State v. Brown (MLW No. 71359/Case No. SD34559 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)

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State v. Oates (MLW No. 70737/Case No. ED104327 - 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dolan, J.)

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State v. Harding (MLW No. 70450/Case No. ED104013 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)

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State v. Scroggs (MLW No. 70373/Case No. WD79068 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

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U.S. v. Bagola (MLW No. 68163/Case No. 68163/Case No. 14-1034 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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