{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"brad-lindsey","displayName":"Brad Lindsey","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd82097:2019-12-10","opinionId":"efaac113-acd1-5d45-8aca-aea77c871f6a","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-brad-lindsey-d82097","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nBrad Lindsey","caseNumber":"WD82097","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-12-10","year":2019,"display_summary":"Brad Lindsey appealed his convictions for murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence following a jury trial. Lindsey argued there was insufficient evidence for felony tampering and that the circuit court erred by not issuing a corrective instruction regarding the State's \"acquittal-first\" arguments for lesser-included offenses. The Western District affirmed, holding that Lindsey waived his sufficiency of evidence claim through judicial admissions and that the State's closing argument, while improper, did not result in manifest injustice.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=147055","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-brad-lindsey-d82097","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: criminal","text: felony"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86653:undated","opinionId":"83f4daba-e1cc-596a-9842-64b6751e2593","slug":"brad-lindsey-v-state-of-missouri-d86653","caseName":"Brad Lindsey\nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD86653","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Brad Lindsey appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 post-conviction relief motion, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Lindsey claimed his counsel was deficient for failing to object to a jury instruction on unlawful use of a weapon that lacked a self-defense paragraph. The motion court denied relief, finding counsel's decision was a reasonable trial strategy. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that counsel's strategy to concede guilt on lesser charges to gain credibility for a self-defense claim on the murder charge was objectively reasonable and not deficient performance.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=214793","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/brad-lindsey-v-state-of-missouri-d86653","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: conviction"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: jury-instructions","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}