{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"david-jose-escalona","displayName":"David Jose Escalona","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd83807:2021-03-30","opinionId":"3b84bfdc-f451-5ba6-9385-6fbef7b587b1","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-david-jose-escalona-d83807","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs. \nDavid Jose Escalona","caseNumber":"WD83807","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-03-30","year":2021,"display_summary":"David Escalona appealed his conviction for possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear, arguing the trial court improperly based his sentence on his decision to go to trial rather than plead guilty. The appellate court affirmed the judgment and sentence. It held that the trial court explicitly stated it did not consider Escalona's exercise of his right to trial, but rather properly considered his continued denial of responsibility and his perjury during trial when determining the sentence.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=175864","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-david-jose-escalona-d83807","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction","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":"respondent"}]}