{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ian-james-mccarthy","displayName":"Ian James McCarthy","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86568:undated","opinionId":"3d1ee835-2375-580d-bc89-bc220b5cc93e","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-ian-james-mccarthy-d86568","caseName":"State of Missouri \nvs.\nIan James McCarthy","caseNumber":"WD86568","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Ian James McCarthy appealed his conviction for first-degree murder of a police officer, raising four points of error concerning prosecutorial conduct during trial and closing arguments. McCarthy argued the trial court erred by not declaring a mistrial after the prosecutor commented on his right not to testify and by not admonishing the prosecutor for repeatedly calling his expert a \"client.\" He also claimed plain error regarding the prosecutor's closing argument on victim trauma and alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the judgment, finding no abuse of discretion by the trial court in its handling of the prosecutor's comments and declining plain error review for the unpreserved closing argument issues.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=226933","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-ian-james-mccarthy-d86568","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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}