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Criminal Law: Ineffective Assistance-Resisting Arrest-Sufficiency of Evidence
Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion for a new trial, arguing that the trial court had authority to hear his ineffective-assistance claim, the claim was not timely […]
Criminal Law: Felon in Possession of Firearm-Crime of Violence-Resisting Arrest
Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court ruled that defendant’s prior Missouri conviction for resisting arrest qualified as a “crime of violence” […]
Criminal: Resisting Arrest-Sufficiency Of Evidence
Where a defendant challenged his conviction for felony resisting arrest, the evidence was sufficient to allow a reasonable fact-finder to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the trooper was arresting […]
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Resisting Arrest
State v. Sloan (MLW No. 72060/Case No. ED105650 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Townsend (MLW No. 71767/Case No. SD35077 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Smith (MLW No. 71679/Case No. WD80430 -7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ardini Jr., J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence
State v. Ajak (MLW No. 71527/Case No. SC96333 – 21 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Draper, Russell and Breckenridge, JJ., concur; Powell, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Fischer, C.J. and Wilson, J., concur in opinion of Powell, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Mental State – Sufficiency Of Evidence
City of St. Louis v. Jones (MLW No. 71324/Case No. ED105119 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Definition Of ‘Arrest’
State v. Ajak (MLW No. 70195/Case No. WD78932 – 56 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence
Where a sheriff told defendant to place his hands behind his back and the officers said that the defendant could talk with them or take a ride with them but […]
Criminal Law : Resisting Arrest – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Batson Challenge
State v. Burnett (MLW No. 69329/Case No. ED102459 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)
Criminal Law : Traffic Stop – Search – Resisting Arrest
State v. Lee (MLW No. 69121/Case No. WD78404 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)
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