{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"robert-e-mcdonald","displayName":"Robert E. McDonald","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81991:2021-03-30","opinionId":"634dada1-c757-5929-a916-7c122e2e9573","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-robert-e-mcdonald-d81991","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nRobert E. McDonald","caseNumber":"WD81991","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-03-30","year":2021,"display_summary":"Robert McDonald was convicted of multiple counts of statutory sodomy, statutory rape, and incest. The trial court sentenced him as a predatory sexual offender on several counts, using an act for which he was also convicted in Count 1 as the predicate offense. McDonald appealed, arguing that an act cannot be \"previously committed\" under section 558.018.5(2) RSMo if it is part of the current charges. The appellate court affirmed, holding that an act is \"previously committed\" if it occurred prior to the offense for which the enhanced sentence is imposed, even if it is also a currently charged offense.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","other","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=177094","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-robert-e-mcdonald-d81991","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: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}