{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"robert-whittaker","displayName":"Robert Whittaker","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed105515:2018-04-24","opinionId":"fc73ca31-e8e2-5e28-9af8-b5cec1c3a779","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-robert-whittaker-appellant-105515","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Robert Whittaker, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED105515","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2018-04-24","year":2018,"display_summary":"Robert Whittaker appealed his convictions for first-degree robbery and armed criminal action, arguing insufficient evidence and a clerical error in his sentencing judgment. The trial court, in a bench trial, found Whittaker guilty and sentenced him to concurrent fifteen-year terms, also finding him a prior and persistent offender. The appellate court affirmed the convictions, finding sufficient evidence that Whittaker used a knife to overcome resistance during the course of stealing a lawn mower. However, the court modified the judgment by deleting the finding that Whittaker was a prior and persistent offender, as the trial court never made such a finding on the record.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"modified","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=124938","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-robert-whittaker-appellant-105515","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: criminal"],"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"}]}