{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jacob-ray-marsh-defendant","displayName":"JACOB RAY MARSH, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36348:2020-12-16","opinionId":"82d9ca93-7094-5dce-9646-a9f03bbd17e0","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-jacob-ray-marsh-defendant-appell-d36348","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nJACOB RAY MARSH, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD36348","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-12-16","year":2020,"display_summary":"Jacob Ray Marsh appealed his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender, challenging the admission of statements he made to his probation officer and a sex offender registrar. The appellate court affirmed his conviction, holding that statements made to the registrar were not privileged and were not \"fruit of the poisonous tree\" because the registrar's testimony provided an independent source of evidence. The court also found that any error in admitting the probation officer's testimony was harmless due to the properly admitted evidence from the registrar. The case was remanded solely to correct a clerical error in the written judgment regarding the sentence for a separate conviction.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=170633","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-jacob-ray-marsh-defendant-appell-d36348","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction","text: probation"],"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"}]}