{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"robert-l-campbell-movant","displayName":"ROBERT L. CAMPBELL, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35946:2020-01-14","opinionId":"614e100d-dcd6-556e-8315-de71cf76c943","slug":"robert-l-campbell-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respond-d35946","caseName":"ROBERT L. CAMPBELL, Movant-Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD35946","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-01-14","year":2020,"display_summary":"Robert L. Campbell appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, arguing his trial counsel was ineffective for requesting and submitting lesser-included offense instructions for second-degree murder. Campbell, who was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, claimed this strategy was not informed and prejudiced him. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's denial, concluding that trial counsel's decision to offer lesser-included instructions was a reasonable trial strategy to avoid a first-degree murder conviction, which carried a mandatory life sentence without parole.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=148554","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/robert-l-campbell-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respond-d35946","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"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: jury-instructions","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}