{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"nathan-hilliard-movant","displayName":"NATHAN HILLIARD, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36881:2021-08-30","opinionId":"fbd37b75-c3ec-528a-81c1-454db484916d","slug":"nathan-hilliard-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-responden-d36881","caseName":"NATHAN HILLIARD, Movant-Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD36881","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2021-08-30","year":2021,"display_summary":"Nathan Hilliard appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 post-conviction motion, which claimed ineffective assistance of counsel. Hilliard argued that the trial court imposed a vindictive sentence, punishing him for exercising his right to a trial by sentencing him to a longer term after conviction than he had received in a prior plea agreement. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, holding that a claim of vindictive sentencing is generally considered trial court error and does not fall under the \"rare and exceptional circumstances\" required for such an error to be cognizable in a Rule 29.15 motion.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=180013","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/nathan-hilliard-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-responden-d36881","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: conviction","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"}]}