{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"clarence-edward-porter-movant","displayName":"CLARENCE EDWARD PORTER, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38865:undated","opinionId":"9952c2ec-2701-58bb-9ce8-0d1253657ad7","slug":"clarence-edward-porter-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-re-d38865","caseName":"CLARENCE EDWARD PORTER, Movant-Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD38865","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2026,"display_summary":"Clarence Edward Porter appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 Amended Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Judgment and Sentence, following his conviction for domestic assault. Porter alleged ineffective assistance of counsel, arguing his trial attorney failed to request a jury instruction defining \"knowingly\" and failed to object to blood spatter testimony. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's denial, finding no clear error in the motion court's conclusions that counsel's actions were reasonable trial strategy or did not result in prejudice.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","jury-instructions","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230313","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/clarence-edward-porter-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-re-d38865","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: sentence","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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}