{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"robert-j-branson","displayName":"ROBERT J. BRANSON","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36890:2021-10-05","opinionId":"cd83053f-afbb-54db-ade7-13cf780a07da","slug":"robert-j-branson-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36890","caseName":"ROBERT J. BRANSON, Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD36890","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2021-10-05","year":2021,"display_summary":"Robert J. Branson appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief after pleading guilty to child molestation and statutory rape. Branson claimed ineffective assistance of plea counsel for being unprepared for trial and an insufficient factual basis for his class A felony conviction. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no merit in the ineffective assistance claim and concluding that the factual basis claim was waived because it was not raised in the amended motion.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","other","civil-procedure","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=181073","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/robert-j-branson-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36890","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction","text: felony"],"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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}