{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"dustin-charles-love","displayName":"Dustin Charles Love","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86282:undated","opinionId":"2a688284-c035-5139-945d-2e734a37d90d","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-dustin-charles-love-d86282","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nDustin Charles Love","caseNumber":"WD86282","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Dustin Love appealed his conviction for first-degree rape of his step-daughter. He argued the trial court plainly erred by admitting evidence of his abuse of another child and by not intervening sua sponte during the prosecutor's closing argument, which he contended was an improper future dangerousness argument. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the judgment, finding no manifest injustice or outcome-determinative error in either claim under plain error review.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=214616","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-dustin-charles-love-d86282","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":"respondent"}]}