{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"micah-wynes","displayName":"Micah Wynes","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd83891:2021-07-06","opinionId":"d9b15865-8a48-5007-8748-316b374ed94f","slug":"micah-wynes-v-state-of-missouri-d83891","caseName":"Micah Wynes\nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD83891","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-07-06","year":2021,"display_summary":"Micah Wynes appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion to set aside his guilty plea for second-degree murder. He argued his plea was involuntary due to duress and that his counsel was ineffective for not advising him about the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding Wynes's motion was timely but that his claims of duress and ineffective assistance of counsel were clearly refuted by the record or lacked a showing of prejudice.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178494","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/micah-wynes-v-state-of-missouri-d83891","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}