{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"gary-l-mitchell-jr","displayName":"GARY L. MITCHELL, JR.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36227:2020-03-23","opinionId":"de8f3593-7ea7-5aa4-b02a-1a1a40d2d52f","slug":"gary-l-mitchell-jr-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36227","caseName":"GARY L. MITCHELL, JR., Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD36227","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-03-23","year":2020,"display_summary":"Gary Mitchell, Jr. appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after being convicted of class A felony drug trafficking. He claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel for not requesting lesser-included-offense instructions and for not calling a specific witness. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's denial, holding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to anticipate a change in law regarding lesser-included instructions, nor for a strategic decision not to call a witness.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","jury-instructions","evidence","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=153173","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gary-l-mitchell-jr-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36227","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","text: felony"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}