{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"rick-l-mccartney","displayName":"RICK L. McCARTNEY","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36907:2021-04-21","opinionId":"49f06ed4-cd9c-53de-8159-872ab23613eb","slug":"rick-l-mccartney-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36907","caseName":"RICK L. McCARTNEY, Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD36907","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2021-04-21","year":2021,"display_summary":"Rick L. McCartney appealed the motion court's denial of his pro se Rule 24.035 post-conviction relief motion, which was dismissed as untimely. McCartney had entered an Alford guilty plea to assault and armed criminal action charges. The appellate court reversed the motion court's judgment, holding that it was clear error to deny the pro se motion as untimely before the deadline for filing an amended PCR motion had expired, thus preempting McCartney's opportunity to plead an exception-to-timeliness claim.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=177001","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/rick-l-mccartney-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36907","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","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: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}