{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"caroline-lazinger","displayName":"Caroline Lazinger","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81168:2018-12-26","opinionId":"1e3a9cfa-4de9-5b48-ab9b-d8565f976055","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-caroline-lazinger-d81168","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nCaroline Lazinger","caseNumber":"WD81168","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2018-12-26","year":2018,"display_summary":"Caroline Lazinger appealed her conviction for two counts of aggravated stalking, arguing insufficient evidence of purposeful harassment and improper admission of testimony regarding victims' subjective feelings. The appellate court affirmed the judgment. It found sufficient evidence that Lazinger purposely harassed M.L. through an intermediary by contacting their son, S.L., despite a protection order. The court also held that testimony about the victims' prior subjective fear was relevant to the objective \"reasonable person\" standard for harassment in the later incidents.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=134796","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-caroline-lazinger-d81168","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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}