{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ronnie-dale-davis-sr","displayName":"Ronnie Dale Davis, Sr.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd79655:2018-09-18","opinionId":"7c1032db-a926-56c4-8678-aff5e65473bf","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-ronnie-dale-davis-sr-d79655","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nRonnie Dale Davis, Sr.","caseNumber":"WD79655","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2018-09-18","year":2018,"display_summary":"Ronnie Dale Davis, Sr. appealed his conviction for two counts of second-degree sexual abuse involving his granddaughters. He challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to prove sexual desire and argued that the jury instructions allowed for a non-unanimous verdict. The appellate court affirmed, finding sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding of sexual desire. The court also concluded that the jury instruction issue was not preserved for appeal, and even under plain error review, the instruction was sufficiently specific.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=130713","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-ronnie-dale-davis-sr-d79655","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: jury-instructions","topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}