Kerksiek — affirmed denial of post-conviction relief in child-sex-abuse case
Case Richard L. Kerksiek v. State of Missouri Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Mark D. Pfeiffer (appointment […]
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Jenkins v. State — Court affirms denial of post-conviction relief over rejected plea offers
Case Jeromy Jenkins v. State of Missouri Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Mark D. Pfeiffer (appointment info
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City of Kansas City v. Burgett — Reversed conviction because the City failed to prove the ordinance
Case City of Kansas City, Missouri v. Charles Lamar Burgett Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Cynthia L.
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State v. Smith — Missouri appeals court affirms child sodomy conviction and consecutive sentence
Case State of Missouri v. Gerald L. Smith, Jr. Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Gary D. Witt
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Ratliff v. State — Affirmed denial of post-conviction relief over counsel’s handling of confession instruction
Case Larry D. Ratliff v. State of Missouri Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Gary D. Witt (appointment
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State v. Benenhaley — Missouri court upholds sex-crime conviction, affirms use of prior offenses as evidence of propensity
Case STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent, v. CURTIS CARL BENENHALEY, JR., Appellant. Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Janet
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State v. Butler — Missouri court affirms domestic assault conviction, upholds persistent offender sentencing scheme
Case STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent, v. MICHAEL LEROY BUTLER, Appellant. Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Lisa White
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Kansas City v. Burgett — Mo. appeals court affirms speeding conviction after driver fails to properly request jury trial
Case City of Kansas City, Missouri vs. Charles Lamar Burgett Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Cynthia L.
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State v. Clemmons — Missouri appeals court affirms assault conviction, finding no right to shoot a retreating aggressor
Case State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Daryl Clemmons, Appellant. Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Judge Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey (Mike
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State v. Wooten — affirmed exclusion of evidence about the victim’s prior rape allegation
Case State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joshua Wooten, Appellant. Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Judge Gary M. Gaertner,
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State of Missouri v. Warren Eric Carter — Court affirms rape conviction based on sufficient evidence of defendant’s knowledge of lack of consent
Case State of Missouri v. Warren Eric Carter Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Lisa White Hardwick (Bob
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State v. Derrick — Court affirmed convictions and upheld joinder of domestic assault with homicide charges
Case State of Missouri v. Cadilac Meshawn Derrick Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Thomas N. Chapman (Mike
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Scherrer v. Missouri — Affirmed denial of post-conviction relief where appellant sought to relitigate issues already decided on direct appeal
Case Melvin Scherrer v. State of Missouri Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two Date Decided July 7,
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Young v. State — Missouri Supreme Court affirms denial of postconviction relief for first-degree murder conviction
Case Glenda M. Young, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent Court Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc Date Decided July
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State v. Jonas — Affirmed conviction for violating protection order; circumstantial evidence of distance sufficient without precise measurement
Case State of Missouri v. Joey Everett Jonas Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Date Decided June 30, 2026
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Missouri v. Mahler — Affirmed conviction; search challenge not preserved for appeal
Case State of Missouri v. Julie Catherine Mahler Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Judge Karen King Mitchell (Jay
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Moore v. State — Appeal dismissed for appellate briefing violations including fictitious case citations
Case State of Missouri v. Timothy H. Moore Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Date Decided June 30, 2026
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State v. Kloeppel — Court affirms conviction for statutory sodomy, holds grandmother’s testimony about defendant’s sexual arousal admissible to prove intent
Case State of Missouri v. Lawrence Kloeppel Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two Date Decided June 30,
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Missouri v. Cadwell — Affirmed child molestation conviction; expert testimony on delayed disclosure properly admitted
Case State of Missouri v. Terrance Cadwell Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Date Decided June 30, 2026 Docket
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State v. Collins — Affirmed conviction on appeal; declined plain error review of Miranda claim
Case State of Missouri v. Rodney Collins Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two Date Decided June 30,
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State v. Wilson — Court remands for nunc pro tunc correction of written judgment to match orally pronounced life sentences
Case State of Missouri v. James Frederick Wilson Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Division Two Judge W. Douglas
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State v. Clemmons — Missouri appeals court affirms assault and armed criminal action convictions after youth football argument turned shooting
Case State of Missouri v. Daryl Clemmons Court Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four Date Decided June 23,
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State v. Otis — Missouri Supreme Court affirms life sentences for domestic assault, rejecting Erlinger jury-trial challenge to persistent-offender finding
Case State of Missouri v. John D. Otis Court Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc Date Decided June 23, 2026
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State v. Harris — Missouri Supreme Court affirms 50-year sentence despite sentencing court’s reference to acquitted carjacking charges
Case State of Missouri v. Desmond Harris Court Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc Date Decided June 23, 2026 Docket