{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"gena-keel","displayName":"Gena Keel","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81051:2019-01-15","opinionId":"5d5af22b-c393-5a3c-8271-078af3450d25","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-gena-keel-d81051","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nGena Keel","caseNumber":"WD81051","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-01-15","year":2019,"display_summary":"Gena Keel appealed her conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use, following a bench trial. The trial court admitted an officer's testimony about a crystal substance on a digital scale and a field test indicating amphetamine, despite objections to its scientific reliability. The appellate court reversed the conviction, holding that the State failed to present sufficient evidence that the residue on the scale was a controlled substance, as the officer's visual observation and field test results were not admitted to prove the substance's nature.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","other"],"outcomeNorm":"transferred","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=135594","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-gena-keel-d81051","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"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}