{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"hydres-binion","displayName":"Hydres Binion","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed109813:2022-08-09","opinionId":"e9db394c-348f-5a3e-aa2a-5f2dc6d91972","slug":"hydres-binion-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-109813","caseName":"Hydres Binion, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.","caseNumber":"ED109813","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2022-08-09","year":2022,"display_summary":"Hydres Binion appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following a conviction for first-degree statutory sodomy. Binion argued ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for failing to challenge the sufficiency of evidence regarding his consciousness during the act, and ineffective assistance of trial counsel for not calling character witnesses at sentencing. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding that the jury was free to disbelieve Binion's defense and that the proposed character witness testimony would have been cumulative or inadmissible.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=188438","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/hydres-binion-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-109813","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","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}