{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"kevin-irby-defendant","displayName":"KEVIN IRBY, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37818:2024-07-22","opinionId":"6b50a70d-00e5-58df-81d9-b41705a7471d","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-kevin-irby-defendant-appellant-d37818","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nKEVIN IRBY, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37818","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2024-07-22","year":2024,"display_summary":"Defendant Kevin Irby appealed his conviction for first-degree burglary, arguing the trial court erred by making a handwritten amendment to a jury instruction that may have misdirected the jury. The amendment added the word \"unlawfully\" to Instruction No. 5, an element of the offense. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, concluding that the amendment was not plain error because the instruction, as amended, contained all necessary elements, and the jury was repeatedly advised on the \"unlawfully\" element by both the court and counsel.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=209894","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-kevin-irby-defendant-appellant-d37818","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"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: jury-instructions","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}