{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"khamis-d-pitiya","displayName":"Khamis D. Pitiya","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd83502:2021-05-04","opinionId":"b8c196d8-513d-5c9f-82c5-c71d497da26b","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-khamis-d-pitiya-d83502","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nKhamis D. Pitiya","caseNumber":"WD83502","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-05-04","year":2021,"display_summary":"Khamis Pitiya appealed his convictions for two counts of felony resisting arrest and one count of armed criminal action following a bench trial. The appellate court affirmed his conviction for the first count of resisting arrest, rejecting his double jeopardy claim that his resistance was a continuous course of conduct. However, the court reversed his felony conviction for the second count of resisting arrest, finding insufficient evidence to elevate it to a felony, and remanded for entry of a misdemeanor conviction. Consequently, the armed criminal action conviction, which was predicated on the felony resisting arrest, was also reversed and vacated.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=177120","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-khamis-d-pitiya-d83502","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: felony","text: criminal"],"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":"respondent"}]}