{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"hunter-kelley-defendant","displayName":"HUNTER KELLEY, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38647:undated","opinionId":"6d695d93-1e21-5a79-8e58-e9a3ff3dc1f1","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-hunter-kelley-defendant-appellan-d38647","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nHUNTER KELLEY, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38647","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Hunter Kelley appealed his convictions for child endangerment and child abuse, arguing that the State's expert physicians gave inadmissible hearsay testimony and violated his Confrontation Clause rights by relying on radiology reports from a non-testifying physician. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment. It held that the expert testimony was not hearsay because experts may rely on evidence reasonably relied upon by others in their field, and the testifying experts presented their own conclusions. The court declined plain error review for Kelley's Confrontation Clause claims, finding he failed to establish manifest injustice.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=229313","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-hunter-kelley-defendant-appellan-d38647","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}