{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"edward-j-frederick","displayName":"Edward J. Frederick","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81721:2019-08-27","opinionId":"3bf3b908-e647-5eb7-a813-207767e35f08","slug":"edward-j-frederick-v-state-of-missouri-d81721","caseName":"Edward J. Frederick\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD81721","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-08-27","year":2019,"display_summary":"Edward J. Frederick appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, following his conviction for statutory sodomy and victim tampering. Frederick argued that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to sever certain statutory sodomy counts. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding that trial counsel's decision not to seek severance was a reasonable trial strategy and that a motion to sever would likely not have been granted.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=143753","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/edward-j-frederick-v-state-of-missouri-d81721","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"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"}]}