{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"otis-l-lambert","displayName":"OTIS L. LAMBERT","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35389:2019-11-20","opinionId":"35f4bf79-ee5b-5b7f-9fbd-fe09d56942d8","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-otis-l-lambert-appellant-d35389","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nv.\nOTIS L. LAMBERT, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD35389","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-11-20","year":2019,"display_summary":"Otis L. Lambert appealed his convictions for statutory sodomy and child molestation, arguing the trial court erred by allowing the State to amend the felony information to expand the date range of the alleged offenses. Lambert claimed this amendment prejudiced his substantial rights by depriving him of notice to find potential alibi witnesses. The Southern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion because Lambert's planned defense was not an alibi, but rather that the abuse did not happen, and his counsel's actions and admissions supported this strategy.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=146613","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-otis-l-lambert-appellant-d35389","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: felony"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}