{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"donald-e-riley","displayName":"Donald E. Riley","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85612:undated","opinionId":"3b153ba9-e94b-595a-a290-2b4a4bf5421a","slug":"donald-e-riley-v-state-of-missouri-d85612","caseName":"Donald E. Riley\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD85612","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Donald Riley appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, following his convictions for statutory rape, rape, and tampering with a witness. Riley argued that the trial court erred in finding he waived his Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) rights and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by waiving those rights. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, holding that Riley could not raise the IAD waiver issue in a PCR motion as it was not a rare and exceptional circumstance, and that counsel's decision to agree to a trial date outside the IAD deadline was a reasonable trial strategy.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=204273","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/donald-e-riley-v-state-of-missouri-d85612","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: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}