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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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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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