Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son following her infliction of a fatal beating on her son. On appeal, defendant argued that her 480-month sentence was substantively unreasonable because the district court failed to ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Defendant’s ‘Personal History and Characteristics’ second-degree murder Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

State v. Jones (MLW No. 72024/Case No. SD34928 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law second-degree murder Self-Defense Theory Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Jones (MLW No. 72024/Case No. SD34928 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law second-degree murder Self-Defense Theory Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Hein (MLW No. 72002/Case No. ED105703 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

Tagged with: Admissibility Criminal Law second-degree murder Victim’s Letter

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

Tagged with: Criminal Law Felony Murder second-degree murder Self-Defense Instruction

State v. Sanders-Ford (MLW No. 71055/Case No. SD34544 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Deliberation second-degree murder

State v. Hendren (MLW No. 70313/Case No. WD78751 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Notice second-degree murder Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Taylor (MLW No. 69606/Case No. ED103520 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law second-degree murder Sufficiency Of Evidence Victim’s Mother

U.S. v. Lasley (MLW No. 69551/Case No. 15-1738 – 22 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Lesser-Included Offense second-degree murder Sentencing Disparity

U.S. v. Contreras (MLW No. 68870/Case No. 14-3789 – 20 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law second-degree murder

State v. Evans (MLW No. 68349/Case No. SD32610 – 30 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)

Tagged with: child abuse Criminal Law second-degree murder Sufficiency Of Evidence