{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jahuan-d-whirley","displayName":"Jahuan D. Whirley","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85439:undated","opinionId":"c93208cc-b0ca-5b86-aac4-c36f346c7695","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-jahuan-d-whirley-d85439","caseName":"State of Missouri \nvs.\nJahuan D. Whirley","caseNumber":"WD85439","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Jahuan D. Whirley appealed his convictions for murder, assault, armed criminal action, attempted robbery, and unlawful use of a weapon. He argued the trial court erred in excluding evidence of an alternative perpetrator and in denying his motion to dismiss based on ineffective assistance of counsel at his juvenile certification hearing. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the alternative perpetrator evidence, which established a clear link between another person and key evidence of the crime. The court declined to address other points on appeal, and denied the ineffective assistance claim due to an insufficient record.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=208995","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-jahuan-d-whirley-d85439","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: criminal"],"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"}]}