{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"philip-a-cooper-defendant","displayName":"PHILIP A. COOPER, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38247:undated","opinionId":"64d3b585-aef5-56fb-a5f7-4ba93eac0b20","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-philip-a-cooper-defendant-appell-d38247","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nPHILIP A. COOPER, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38247","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Philip A. Cooper appealed his convictions for voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence, and abandonment of a corpse following a jury trial. Cooper argued the trial court erred by failing to dismiss the information based on speedy trial rights, admitting his extrajudicial confessions, and allowing improper victim impact testimony during sentencing. The Southern District of Missouri affirmed the convictions, finding Cooper failed to preserve his speedy trial claims, the State sufficiently established corpus delicti for the confessions, and no plain error occurred regarding the victim impact testimony.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=229173","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-philip-a-cooper-defendant-appell-d38247","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: criminal"],"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"}]}