{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jeremy-l-maples","displayName":"Jeremy L. Maples","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd79955:2018-06-26","opinionId":"09ba9578-c66c-5d16-8980-0995a5d75a04","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-jeremy-l-maples-d79955","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nJeremy L. Maples","caseNumber":"WD79955","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2018-06-26","year":2018,"display_summary":"Jeremy Maples appealed his conviction for first-degree murder, arguing the trial court erred in admitting incriminating statements made without Miranda warnings and in excluding evidence of a third-party confession. Maples contended his initial statements at the jail sally port were made during a custodial interrogation without proper warnings, rendering subsequent Mirandized statements ineffective. He also asserted that the exclusion of evidence regarding another individual's confession violated his constitutional rights. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, finding no Miranda violation during the sally port interview because Maples initiated the conversation and was not in custody, thus validating the later Mirandized statements. The court further held that the trial court properly excluded the third-party confession evidence due to a lack of reliability.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=126994","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-jeremy-l-maples-d79955","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"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"}]}