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Negligence : Premises Liability – Instruction – Third-Party Criminal Act
Wieland v. Owner-Operator Services, Inc. (MLW No. 71414/Case No. SC96210 – 25 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Powell, J.; Fischer, C.J., Draper, Wilson and Stith, JJ.,concur; Russell, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Breckenridge, J., concurs in opinion of Russell, J.)
Criminal Law : Instruction – Resisting Arrest – ‘Physical Interference’
State v. Wooten (MLW No. 68662/Case No. ED101573 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd, J.)
Criminal Law : Child Endangerment – Instruction – Lesser-Included Offense
State v. Stewart (MLW No. 68234/Case No. SD33331 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Negligence : Amusement Park Accident – Instruction – Degree Of Care
Chavez v. Cedar Fair, LP (MLW No. 67133/Case No. SC93658 – 22 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Russell, C.J., Fischer, Stith and Wilson, JJ., concur; Teitelman, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Draper, J., concurs in opinion of Teitelman, J.)
Criminal Law : Fraud – Mens Rea – Instruction
U.S. v. Koss (MLW No. 66860/Case No. 13-2668 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Instruction – Physical Interference
State v. Meeks (MLW No. 66253/Case No. ED99727 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)
Criminal Law : First-Degree Murder – Instruction – Out-Of-Court Statement
State v. White (MLW No. 66069/Case No. ED99033 – 14 pages)(Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)
Criminal Law : Instruction – Statutory Sodomy – Incident-Specific Defense
State v. Payne (MLW No. 65768/Case No. WD75666 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Criminal Law : Statutory Sodomy – ‘Multiple Acts’ Case – Instruction
State v. Rose (MLW No. 65590/Case No. SD32168 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)
Criminal Law: Identity Theft – Instruction – Definition Of Crime
State v. Arnold (MLW No. 64881/Case No. SD31992 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
Criminal Law: Instruction – Sentencing – Special Condition
U.S. v. Robertson (MLW No. 64759/Case No. 12-1020 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Criminal Law: Accessory After Fact – Instruction – Confrontation Clause
U.S. v. Head (MLW No. 64750/Case No. 12-2625 -16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- 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
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