{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"paul-bolton","displayName":"Paul Bolton","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed111305:2023-12-26","opinionId":"e6ab3cc8-5574-5aee-aedf-2f97486144cb","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-paul-bolton-appellant-111305","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Paul Bolton, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED111305","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2023-12-26","year":2023,"display_summary":"Paul Bolton, an inmate, appealed his conviction for endangering a corrections employee, arguing the trial court erred by excluding medical records that would have supported his defense that he spit involuntarily due to an allergic reaction. The appellate court affirmed the conviction. It held that Bolton failed to establish the proper foundation for the medical records under Missouri's business records statute, thus failing to overcome their inadmissible hearsay status.","primaryTopic":"evidence","topicSlugs":["evidence","criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=203856","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-paul-bolton-appellant-111305","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}