{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"courtney-duane-blade","displayName":"COURTNEY DUANE BLADE","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38089:2024-03-04","opinionId":"ffe3f438-437e-5672-922a-a1a4dfb09d5c","slug":"courtney-duane-blade-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d38089","caseName":"COURTNEY DUANE BLADE, Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD38089","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2024-03-04","year":2024,"display_summary":"Courtney Duane Blade appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, which alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Blade claimed his counsel failed to object to the prosecutor's cross-examination regarding a witness's veracity. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's denial, finding that counsel's decision was a reasonable trial strategy to support a sudden-passion defense and that Blade failed to demonstrate prejudice due to overwhelming evidence of guilt.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=206113","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/courtney-duane-blade-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d38089","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":"appellant"}]}