{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jeffrey-lee-waller","displayName":"JEFFREY LEE WALLER","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38562:undated","opinionId":"6d8a1199-844e-5d10-9969-3cfa63e129a3","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-jeffrey-lee-waller-appellant-d38562","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nv.\nJEFFREY LEE WALLER, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38562","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2026,"display_summary":"Jeffrey Lee Waller appealed his conviction for first-degree sodomy, arguing insufficient evidence to prove the victim's inability to consent and his awareness of it, insufficient evidence of his identity as the perpetrator, and instructional error for omitting the definition of \"consent\" from the verdict director. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, affirmed the trial court's judgment. The court found sufficient evidence for the jury's verdict on both sufficiency points and declined plain error review for the instructional error.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","standard-of-review","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231173","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-jeffrey-lee-waller-appellant-d38562","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: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}