{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"krystal-m-scroggs","displayName":"Krystal M. Scroggs","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd84643:2022-11-01","opinionId":"0f2664ef-a505-53f7-a625-748478d6d7b1","slug":"krystal-m-scroggs-v-state-of-missouri-d84643","caseName":"Krystal M. Scroggs \nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD84643","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2022-11-01","year":2022,"display_summary":"Krystal M. Scroggs appealed the denial of her Rule 29.15 motion, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate and trial counsel. She contended appellate counsel failed to challenge the sufficiency of evidence for first-degree child endangerment, felony murder, and abandonment of a corpse. Scroggs also argued trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting to a jury instruction for abandonment of a corpse. The Western District affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no error in its denial of Scroggs's claims.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=190114","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/krystal-m-scroggs-v-state-of-missouri-d84643","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: felony"],"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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd79068:2017-04-04","opinionId":"163375eb-5636-539d-90f8-0e641bbd4d64","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-krystal-m-scroggs-d79068","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nKrystal M. Scroggs","caseNumber":"WD79068","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2017-04-04","year":2017,"display_summary":null,"primaryTopic":null,"topicSlugs":[],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=111373","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-krystal-m-scroggs-d79068","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"respondent"}]}