{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"richard-v-cooper","displayName":"Richard V. Cooper","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd82926:2021-02-16","opinionId":"96825e81-ba94-536c-8d27-049ab2071de4","slug":"richard-v-cooper-v-state-of-missouri-d82926","caseName":"Richard V. Cooper\nvs. \nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD82926","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-02-16","year":2021,"display_summary":"Richard V. Cooper appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. He alleged ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to address his mental incompetency and for misadvising him on sentencing, and that the motion court erred in disallowing a second amended motion and failing to apply the abandonment doctrine. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no clear error in its denial of Cooper's claims.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=173595","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/richard-v-cooper-v-state-of-missouri-d82926","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: conviction"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}