{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"kyle-a-byington-defendant","displayName":"KYLE A. BYINGTON, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38378:2025-02-25","opinionId":"0fe05b1f-6bda-5162-845f-550d907c47ac","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-kyle-a-byington-defendant-appell-d38378","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nKYLE A. BYINGTON, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38378","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2025-02-25","year":2025,"display_summary":"Kyle Byington was convicted of first-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse following a jury trial. On appeal, Byington argued the trial court erred by denying his request for a voluntary manslaughter instruction. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, declining plain error review. It held that voluntary manslaughter is not a nested lesser included offense of first- or second-degree murder, and the jury's conviction of the greater offense (first-degree murder) over the lesser (second-degree murder) demonstrated no prejudice from the omitted instruction.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=217814","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-kyle-a-byington-defendant-appell-d38378","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"}]}