{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ramsey-kade-costa","displayName":"RAMSEY KADE COSTA","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38704:undated","opinionId":"6482b3d9-4212-5f8f-8cea-8a2202b1a48a","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-ramsey-kade-costa-appellant-d38704","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nv.\nRAMSEY KADE COSTA, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38704","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2026,"display_summary":"Ramsey Kade Costa was convicted of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and three counts of first-degree child molestation. On appeal, Costa challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for the sodomy convictions and the admission of propensity witness testimony. The appellate court reversed the statutory sodomy convictions, finding insufficient evidence to prove \"deviate sexual intercourse\" as defined by statute. However, it affirmed the child molestation convictions, concluding that while the trial court erred in admitting some propensity testimony, the error was not outcome-determinative.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232377","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-ramsey-kade-costa-appellant-d38704","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure"],"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"}]}