{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"gathol-marcus-may-movant","displayName":"GATHOL MARCUS MAY, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35276:2018-09-17","opinionId":"9d0a5559-21da-5d3e-a724-45b863f08479","slug":"gathol-marcus-may-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respond-d35276","caseName":"GATHOL MARCUS MAY, Movant-Appellant,\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent.","caseNumber":"SD35276","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2018-09-17","year":2018,"display_summary":"Gathol Marcus May appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief, arguing his plea counsel was ineffective for misadvising him about his potential sentence for felony forgery and stealing. May claimed that counsel should have anticipated the holding in State v. Bazell, which was decided after his sentencing and would have reduced his maximum exposure. The appellate court affirmed the denial, finding no clear error in the motion court's determination that counsel's advice was proper based on the law at the time of the plea, as Bazell does not apply retroactively to May's case.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=130773","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gathol-marcus-may-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respond-d35276","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","text: sentence"],"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"}]}