{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"marquon-davis","displayName":"MARQUON DAVIS","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37452:2022-10-03","opinionId":"8c78898f-a604-5a27-8e3c-174de3818a39","slug":"marquon-davis-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d37452","caseName":"MARQUON DAVIS, Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD37452","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2022-10-03","year":2022,"display_summary":"Marquon Davis appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 post-conviction relief motion, in which he claimed ineffective assistance of counsel. Davis argued his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to references to unduly prejudicial text messages. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, concluding that the text messages were legally relevant and their probative value outweighed any prejudice, meaning counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise a non-meritorious objection.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=189602","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/marquon-davis-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d37452","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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}