{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"clarence-battle","displayName":"Clarence Battle","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed111337:2024-02-27","opinionId":"25b1243b-55f3-5f37-8bae-a092362e222c","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-clarence-battle-appellant-111337","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Clarence Battle, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED111337","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2024-02-27","year":2024,"display_summary":"Clarence Battle was convicted of statutory rape and statutory sodomy after a jury trial. He appealed, arguing his convictions violated his double jeopardy rights because the State had dismissed an initial indictment containing identical charges after a second, superseding indictment was filed and a jury was impaneled on the second indictment. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, holding that under § 545.110, RSMo, the first indictment was superseded by the second, making the second the only operative charging document, and Battle was only tried once.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=205833","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-clarence-battle-appellant-111337","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}