{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"miguel-torres","displayName":"Miguel Torres","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86258:undated","opinionId":"28110a78-05be-575b-8318-29da01d259b5","slug":"miguel-torres-v-state-of-missouri-d86258","caseName":"Miguel Torres\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD86258","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Miguel Torres appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Torres claimed counsel was ineffective for failing to object to certain terms in jury instructions, failing to offer a lesser-included offense instruction for one count, and failing to object to an investigator's testimony. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no clear error in its determination that Torres failed to prove either deficient performance or prejudice under the Strickland test for ineffective assistance of counsel.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","jury-instructions","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=214796","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/miguel-torres-v-state-of-missouri-d86258","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"}]}