Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence under an amendment that lowered the base offense level for certain drug offenses, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily agreed to a waiver and plea agreement, and the ...

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Where a defendant argued that the district court erred by requiring him to comply with sex-offender registration requirements, the appeal fell within the scope of a waiver included in the plea agreement, and the waiver was knowing and voluntary, so ...

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Where defendant, who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while unlawfully present in the country, sought dismissal of an indictment, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant waived his right to raise non-jurisdictional objections to his conviction when he pleaded ...

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Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to a drug offense challenged his sentence, the defendant waived his challenges to the drug-quantity argument, and the judgment is affirmed because the government did not breach the plea agreement. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. ...

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Where a defendant argued that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation, in a case of first impression the appellate court holds that the defendant waived his challenge by pleading guilty because he entered the plea knowingly and ...

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Where a defendant argued that a trial court erred in accepting his request to waive counsel and represent himself pro se, the record showed that the waiver of the right to counsel was knowing and voluntary, and the court did ...

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Where the state challenged the grant of relief to a defendant who argued that his counsel erroneously stated his program-completion date to the sentencing court, the judgment is reversed because the motion court granted post-conviction relief based on a claim ...

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Where in a dispute arising from an employee’s alleged breach of an anti-solicitation provision and an employer’s agreement to make installment payments to the former employee the record showed that the employer knew it had the right to arbitrate the ...

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Where a juvenile argued that the juvenile court violated his due process rights when it accepted his admission of the charges alleged, the juvenile’s equivocal answers and mental health issues did not make his plea involuntary where the court ensured ...

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Defendant appealed from his conviction of statutory sodomy and statutory rape of his minor biological daughter. During trial, a juror requested defendant change his seating position to better observe his facial expressions. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court ...

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Paulson v. Dynamic Pet Products, LLC (MLW No. 72052/Case No. WD81070 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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