{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"michael-lee-creekmore-defendant","displayName":"MICHAEL LEE CREEKMORE, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38662:undated","opinionId":"6ad4210b-6ab9-5fc1-8241-18078ade4cfc","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-michael-lee-creekmore-defendant-d38662","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nMICHAEL LEE CREEKMORE, Defendant- Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38662","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Michael Lee Creekmore appealed his convictions for first-degree murder and armed criminal action, stemming from the shooting death of his father. He alleged the trial court erred by not intervening during the prosecutor's closing arguments and that the written judgment contained a clerical error regarding his sentence. The appellate court affirmed Creekmore's convictions, declining plain error review for the unpreserved closing argument claims. However, the court remanded the case for the trial court to correct a clerical mistake in the written judgment, which inaccurately reflected the oral pronouncement of his armed criminal action sentence.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=225873","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-michael-lee-creekmore-defendant-d38662","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: criminal","text: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}