{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"elvester-robinson","displayName":"El-Vester Robinson","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd84102:2022-02-22","opinionId":"d5775ace-5a2a-51bb-b2bd-34a81a48b3b2","slug":"el-vester-robinson-v-state-of-missouri-d84102","caseName":"El-Vester Robinson\nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD84102","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2022-02-22","year":2022,"display_summary":"El-Vester Robinson appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following his conviction for first-degree child molestation. The motion court had deemed his pro se motion timely filed despite it being received after the deadline, based on an initial misfiling with the appellate court. The appellate court vacated the motion court's judgment, holding that Robinson's pro se motion was untimely filed because it was not received by the circuit court within the 90-day deadline. Furthermore, the mailbox rule did not apply due to incorrect addressing. The case was remanded with directions to dismiss the post-conviction proceeding.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=184553","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/el-vester-robinson-v-state-of-missouri-d84102","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"],"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"}]}