An appeals panel upheld Scott A. Bailey’s conviction of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.

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Where a defendant challenged a judgment entered against him following a jury verdict convicting him of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, the trial court did not err in allowing the jury to use a transcript of a dash-camera video, and the court ...

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A St. Louis police officer who pleaded guilty to accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette said the woman knew the risk she was taking. Nathaniel Hendren made the response Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit that ...

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A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Nathaniel Hendren, 30, had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 ...

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A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Nathaniel Hendren, 30, had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 ...

Tagged with: Involuntary Manslaughter Katlyn Alix Nathaniel Hendren St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Defendant appealed from his conviction for involuntary manslaughter, following an incident in which defendant and a group of cohorts got into a gun fight with members of another group and defendant’s group inadvertently fatally shot one of its own members. ...

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Where a defendant challenged his convictions for first-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault, the trial court did not err in admitting the results of a warrantless blood test taken while the defendant was unconscious since the test was supported by ...

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After the death of her newborn due to combined drug toxicity, defendant was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Defendant successfully moved to dismiss the indictment on grounds that the charged offense did not cover her conduct. The government appealed from the ...

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Where a woman was convicted of first-degree involuntary manslaughter after she gave birth at home unattended, there is no duty imposed on expectant mothers to have a medically attended birth, so the fact that the birth was unattended does not ...

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  Defendant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense. Defendant unsuccessfully moved for post-conviction relief, raising five points asserting ineffective assistance of trial and direct appellate counsel. Where appellate counsel failed to argue that the trial court ...

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State v. West (MLW No. 71584/Case No. ED104541 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hoff, J.)

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