{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"robert-w-berry","displayName":"ROBERT W. BERRY","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35209:2018-07-20","opinionId":"37759ec4-0d0e-5f09-8c76-5c545c29a6df","slug":"robert-w-berry-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d35209","caseName":"ROBERT W. BERRY, Appellant,\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent.","caseNumber":"SD35209","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2018-07-20","year":2018,"display_summary":"Robert W. Berry appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Berry argued that his guilty pleas were involuntary because his plea counsel allegedly failed to fully investigate his self-defense claim. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, deferring to its credibility determinations and concluding that Berry failed to demonstrate that the motion court clearly erred in rejecting his claims.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=128396","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/robert-w-berry-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d35209","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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}