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William Ray Price Jr.

Jun 30, 2011

Pew, DOJ program could look at Missouri sentencing

Missouri wants the state’s sentencing data to be reviewed by a program supported by the U.S. Department of Justice and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Feb 9, 2011

Price to lawmakers: Be smart about crime, Missouri Court Plan

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr. once again promoted alternative courts in his annual State of the Judiciary address Wednesday in Jefferson City.

Feb 1, 2011

UPDATE: Judiciary speech postponed due to weather

Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr.'s annual address to the state Legislature has been postponed due to the ice and snow blasting the state.

Jan 17, 2011

Influential Lawyer – William Ray Price Jr.

Last October, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. was on hand to congratulate the 100th graduating class of the Jackson County Circuit Court’s drug court. He urged the graduates to stay out of trouble — not just for their sakes, but also for the sake of drug courts as a whole, for if too many graduates lapse back into drug abuse, lawmakers will see little reason to fund [...]

Jan 13, 2011

Driver’s License: DWI – Reasonable Suspicion – Miranda

State v. Schroeder (MLW No. 61677/Case No. SC90738 – 12 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Price Jr., J.; all concur)

Jan 12, 2011

Driver’s License: DWI – Reasonable Suspicion – Miranda

State v. Schroeder (MLW No. 61677/Case No. SC90738 – 12 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Price Jr., J.; all concur)

Sep 21, 2010

Court rejects challenge to power plant tax assessment

The Missouri Supreme Court has shot down a school district’s argument that a Kansas City Power & Light should have paid more local taxes for its Iatan two power plants.

Mar 23, 2010

Senate group considers prison reductions

The Missouri Senate is contemplating proposals to reduce the state's prison population by approximately 2,000 inmates, either by diverting some inmates to treatment programs or by granting parole at a higher rate.

Mar 23, 2010

Senate group considers prison reductions

The Missouri Senate is contemplating proposals to reduce the state's prison population by approximately 2,000 inmates, either by diverting some inmates to treatment programs or by granting parole at a higher rate.

Dec 27, 2009

Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr.:Stirring speech crystallized issues facing the legal system

In the midst of a grim year, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. offered a message of hope: The legal system is about something greater than money and power. At The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in September, he reminded the legal community that behind profits and salaries, “the practice of law has […]

Dec 7, 2009

Court committee picks judge to oversee St. Louis court clerks

It’s now up to the Supreme Court to decide who’s in charge of court clerks in St. Louis. The state Circuit Court Budget Committee met on Friday and voted to recommend the plan offered by Presiding Judge David Dowd. Dowd called for making the presiding judge the appointing authority over clerical employees in the city’s […]

Nov 22, 2009

Insurance companies lose again at Supreme Court

For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court has thrown out an insurance company’s efforts to reduce payouts to its customers by any funds they received from other drivers in an accident. Letting insurance companies deduct these set-offs allows them to never pay the promised policy limits, the high court ruled in its […]

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