{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"joshua-l-stokes","displayName":"Joshua L. Stokes","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed112524:undated","opinionId":"3e808c8f-c1e7-5184-8518-7ad1d1bab32f","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-joshua-l-stokes-appellant-112524","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Joshua L. Stokes, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED112524","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Joshua Stokes appealed his conviction for second-degree burglary and stealing, challenging the denial of his Batson objection to the State's peremptory strike of a Black female venireperson. The circuit court denied the challenge, finding the State provided a race-neutral reason. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, concluding that the State's reason for the strike (the venireperson's silence, disinterest, and inattentiveness during voir dire) was race-neutral, and Stokes failed to prove this reason was pretextual.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=219854","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-joshua-l-stokes-appellant-112524","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: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}