Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case argued that his trial counsel were ineffective for failing to question a juror who said that he was a published author and whose book, which was briefly shared with other jurors, ...

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Steele v. State (MLW No. 71654/Case No. ED105223 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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Klarr v. State (MLW No. 71114/Case No. 34653 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.)

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Thomas v. Mercy Hospitals East Communities (MLW No. 70840/Case No. SC96034 – 12 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Fischer, C.J., Draper, Wilson, Russell and Breckenridge, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

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Wadlow v. State (MLW No. 70526/Case No. SD34452 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.)

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Thomas v. Mercy Hospital’s East Communities (MLW No. 69692/Case No. ED103338 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)

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White v. Dingle (MLW No. 66598/Case No. 13-1203 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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U.S. v. Johnson (MLW No. 63950/Case No. 11-3204 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)

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Ledure v. BNSF Railway Company (MLW No. 62582/Case No. SD30938 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, P.J.)

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U.S. v. Barraza (MLW No. 59525/Case No. 08-3488 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.) (1) Even though a juror indicated during voir dire that his sense of parental responsibility might “possibly” interfere with his ability ...

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Jurors may be developing a more positive view of plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ lawyers. That’s what James B. Lees Jr., a West Virginia personal injury lawyer and communications expert, thinks. Lees, a partner at Hunt & Lees in Charleston, W.V., has ...

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