{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"howard-kristopher-moots","displayName":"Howard Kristopher Moots","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86942:2025-09-30","opinionId":"c038400f-d293-5d4d-8448-d6dbc29d6342","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-howard-kristopher-moots-d86942","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nHoward Kristopher Moots","caseNumber":"WD86942","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2025-09-30","year":2025,"display_summary":"Howard Kristopher Moots appealed his convictions for statutory sodomy and child molestation, arguing the circuit court's written judgment incorrectly stated his sentence as \"999 years\" when the oral pronouncement was \"life in prison.\" The State conceded the error. The appellate court remanded the case to the circuit court to enter a corrected written judgment reflecting the oral pronouncement of life in prison for the statutory sodomy counts, affirming the judgment in all other respects.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=225273","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-howard-kristopher-moots-d86942","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: 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":"respondent"}]}