{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ashontai-samuel-wallace","displayName":"Ashontai Samuel Wallace","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd87231:2025-10-28","opinionId":"11cba625-1bca-5240-bdbe-61ddaa2d6027","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-ashontai-samuel-wallace-d87231","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nAshontai Samuel Wallace","caseNumber":"WD87231","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2025-10-28","year":2025,"display_summary":"Ashontai Wallace appealed his convictions for first-degree robbery, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, and three counts of armed criminal action, arguing the evidence was insufficient. The appellate court affirmed all convictions. It found sufficient independent evidence to establish the corpus delicti for robbery and that the victims were confined for a \"substantial period\" for the kidnapping charges, rejecting Wallace's \"merely incidental\" argument based on a recent Supreme Court ruling.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=226693","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-ashontai-samuel-wallace-d87231","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: criminal"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}