{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"donald-jeffcott","displayName":"Donald Jeffcott","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed104858:2018-05-01","opinionId":"3918faef-f93e-54b8-aef0-c4f3c07e0e00","slug":"donald-jeffcott-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-104858","caseName":"Donald Jeffcott, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.","caseNumber":"ED104858","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2018-05-01","year":2018,"display_summary":"Donald Jeffcott appealed the partial grant and denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief after pleading guilty to nine sex offenses. The motion court found his plea counsel ineffective for failing to advise him that hand-to-genital contact did not constitute \"deviate sexual intercourse\" for portions of the charged timeframe for statutory sodomy (Counts I and II) and for the entire timeframe for incest (Count III). The appellate court affirmed the motion court's decision to modify Counts I and II to lesser-included offenses and order resentencing. However, it reversed the denial of relief for Count III, remanding with instructions to vacate the guilty plea and sentence for that count.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"vacated","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=125181","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/donald-jeffcott-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-104858","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}