{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"joseph-j-dejoie","displayName":"Joseph J. DeJoie","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed112814:undated","opinionId":"a55ae2f0-6ee4-57d5-9123-34163716bcbc","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-joseph-j-dejoie-appellant-112814","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Joseph J. DeJoie, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED112814","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Joseph DeJoie appealed his convictions for various crimes, including involuntary manslaughter, rape, and abandonment of a corpse, following a jury trial. DeJoie challenged the constitutionality of the corpse-reporting statute, the admission of a bin containing a decomposed body, the exclusion of his expert toxicologist's opinion on cause of death, and a crime scene investigator's testimony. The appellate court affirmed all convictions, denying each of DeJoie's four points on appeal.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","search-and-seizure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=227777","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-joseph-j-dejoie-appellant-112814","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"}]}