{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"melinda-tillitt","displayName":"Melinda Tillitt","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd80260:2018-01-09","opinionId":"285b0640-77ce-5639-a45c-250097ce097a","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-melinda-tillitt-d80260","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nMelinda Tillitt","caseNumber":"WD80260","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2018-01-09","year":2018,"display_summary":null,"primaryTopic":null,"topicSlugs":[],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=121395","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-melinda-tillitt-d80260","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"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86769:undated","opinionId":"b5f402a7-7c6c-5e26-bd17-e88ff93d47f3","slug":"melinda-tillitt-v-state-of-missouri-d86769","caseName":"Melinda Tillitt\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD86769","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Melinda Tillitt appealed the denial of her Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, which alleged ineffective assistance of trial and resentencing counsel. She argued trial counsel failed to object to verdict directors and resentencing counsel failed to present mitigation evidence. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's denial, finding that Tillitt waived her claims regarding trial counsel's objections to jury instructions and the psychologist's testimony by not properly raising them in her motion. The court also found she failed to prove prejudice regarding the omission of mental health records at resentencing.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","jury-instructions","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=216774","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/melinda-tillitt-v-state-of-missouri-d86769","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: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}