{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"harvey-oscar-pendleton","displayName":"Harvey Oscar Pendleton","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86122:undated","opinionId":"459b98c5-d2de-50d6-b859-5d580167242c","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-harvey-oscar-pendleton-d86122","caseName":"State of Missouri \nvs.\nHarvey Oscar Pendleton","caseNumber":"WD86122","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Harvey Oscar Pendleton appealed his conviction for two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, arguing the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to strike the entire venire panel. Pendleton claimed the panel was biased because no one believed a child could rape an adult male, which he asserted prejudiced his defense theory. The appellate court affirmed the judgment and sentence, finding that follow-up questioning showed jurors could keep an open mind and, more importantly, Pendleton's defense theory was not a legal defense to statutory sodomy.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","standard-of-review","other"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=207076","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-harvey-oscar-pendleton-d86122","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: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"respondent"}]}