{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jermaine-d-williams","displayName":"Jermaine D. Williams","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85546:2024-01-30","opinionId":"1089e290-1d98-53bf-a925-5f2669eac37a","slug":"jermaine-d-williams-v-state-of-missouri-d85546","caseName":"Jermaine D. Williams\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD85546","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2024-01-30","year":2024,"display_summary":"Jermaine Williams appealed the denial of his post-conviction relief motion, arguing the circuit court failed to address claims in his timely filed second amended motion. The State conceded the second amended motion was timely and the circuit court erred. The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of a final judgment, holding that the circuit court's failure to address all claims in the operative motion rendered its judgment non-final under Rule 74.01(b). The court noted that Rule 24.035(g) does not prohibit filing a second amended motion if it is timely.","primaryTopic":"appellate-procedure","topicSlugs":["appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","criminal-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=205013","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/jermaine-d-williams-v-state-of-missouri-d85546","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: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd87599:undated","opinionId":"22ae1269-b9e9-5559-a00f-7d8c0da856a5","slug":"jermaine-d-williams-v-state-of-missouri-d87599","caseName":"Jermaine D. Williams\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD87599","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Jermaine D. Williams appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief, arguing that the plea court violated his constitutional rights by sua sponte withdrawing his first guilty plea without his consent, and that his plea counsel provided ineffective assistance by not timely objecting. Williams contended he was prejudiced by a seventy-day delay in sentencing. The Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding that Williams impliedly consented to the withdrawal of his first guilty plea by failing to object, and that counsel's decision not to object was a strategic one, thus not constituting deficient performance.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=225279","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/jermaine-d-williams-v-state-of-missouri-d87599","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: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}