{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"corey-gray","displayName":"Corey Gray","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd84965:2022-12-06","opinionId":"09f0e510-5bc3-5380-8d25-aaaba48f6deb","slug":"corey-gray-v-state-of-missouri-d84965","caseName":"Corey Gray \nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD84965","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2022-12-06","year":2022,"display_summary":"Corey Gray appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his judgment and sentence. Gray argued his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to impeach the complaining witness with prior inconsistent statements during his second trial for statutory sodomy and child molestation. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, holding that trial counsel's decision was a reasonable trial strategy and did not fall below an objective standard of reasonableness. Therefore, Gray failed to establish ineffective assistance of counsel.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=190957","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/corey-gray-v-state-of-missouri-d84965","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: sentence"],"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":"appellant"}]}