{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"kenneth-pickens-iii","displayName":"Kenneth Pickens, III","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81459:2019-05-28","opinionId":"e3b6f672-a9d7-5254-8267-643d3c3add9c","slug":"kenneth-pickens-iii-v-state-of-missouri-d81459","caseName":"Kenneth Pickens, III\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD81459","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-05-28","year":2019,"display_summary":"Kenneth Pickens appealed the denial of his amended Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, which the motion court found was filed out of time. Pickens alleged ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The appellate court remanded the case, instructing the motion court to determine whether appointed counsel abandoned Pickens and whether the amended motion was timely filed, as the motion court has an independent duty to make such inquiries.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=140696","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/kenneth-pickens-iii-v-state-of-missouri-d81459","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"}]}