{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"john-willis-hough","displayName":"JOHN WILLIS HOUGH","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37664:2023-09-06","opinionId":"5e4a33a9-2cb2-5f95-93cd-1213ede9c68f","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-john-willis-hough-appellant-d37664","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nvs.\nJOHN WILLIS HOUGH, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37664","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2023-09-06","year":2023,"display_summary":"John Hough was convicted of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. On appeal, he requested plain error review of a prosecutor's closing argument comment regarding his post-arrest silence, arguing it violated his constitutional rights. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, affirmed the judgment, declining plain error review because Hough failed to establish substantial grounds for believing a manifest injustice or miscarriage of justice occurred due to the isolated nature of the comment.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","search-and-seizure","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=200774","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-john-willis-hough-appellant-d37664","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","topic: search-and-seizure"],"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":"appellant"}]}