{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"cletus-greene","displayName":"Cletus Greene","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc96973:2019-09-03","opinionId":"55a1a82e-3b65-5735-88dc-c3dac8f2eec9","slug":"cletus-greene-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-c96973","caseName":"Cletus Greene, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.","caseNumber":"SC96973","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2019-09-03","year":2019,"display_summary":"Cletus Greene appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief, arguing his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to suppress methamphetamine found in a cigarette pack. The cigarette pack was seized from his person during a lawful arrest but searched approximately 30 minutes later in a separate room. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the motion court's judgment, holding that the delayed search of an item immediately associated with an arrestee's person is a lawful search incident to arrest and does not require contemporaneous execution or immediate control by the arrestee.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","search-and-seizure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=143979","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/cletus-greene-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-c96973","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","topic: search-and-seizure"],"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"}]}