{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"harold-r-states-movant","displayName":"HAROLD R. STATES, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35959:2019-11-21","opinionId":"35444e9c-0e1e-5422-93b6-c636d91ca0ea","slug":"harold-r-states-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-responden-d35959","caseName":"HAROLD R. STATES, Movant-Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD35959","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-11-21","year":2019,"display_summary":"Harold R. States appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. He argued that the motion court erred by not conducting an abandonment inquiry, claiming his appointed counsel abandoned him by raising a claim of insufficient evidence that had already been denied on direct appeal. The appellate court affirmed the denial, holding that raising a previously denied claim does not constitute abandonment under the limited circumstances recognized by Missouri law.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=146653","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/harold-r-states-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-responden-d35959","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":36,"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"}]}