{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jason-a-kaesser","displayName":"Jason A. Kaesser","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd83216:2020-08-25","opinionId":"54e229de-5341-5162-b00b-066885038097","slug":"jason-a-kaesser-v-state-of-missouri-d83216","caseName":"Jason A. Kaesser\nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD83216","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2020-08-25","year":2020,"display_summary":"Jason A. Kaesser appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief, claiming his guilty plea to assault of a corrections officer was involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel. He alleged his first appointed counsel coerced him by stating a six-year sentence was the best plea offer he would receive, leading to his fear of a longer sentence if he went to trial. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding that Kaesser's claims of coercion were conclusively refuted by the record, as his plea hearing testimony showed he received reports and discussed the case with counsel, and the advice given was not untrue.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=164596","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/jason-a-kaesser-v-state-of-missouri-d83216","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: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}