{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"scott-evan-weyant","displayName":"Scott Evan Weyant","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd82502:2020-03-31","opinionId":"1d023675-ba1a-5663-a65b-74d39adc4602","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-scott-evan-weyant-d82502","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs.\nScott Evan Weyant","caseNumber":"WD82502","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2020-03-31","year":2020,"display_summary":"Scott Weyant appealed his conviction for first-degree sodomy, arguing the trial court plainly erred by submitting a disjunctive jury instruction defining \"deviate sexual intercourse.\" Weyant claimed the instruction, which allowed the jury to find the act was for either sexual gratification or terrorizing the victim, violated MAI-CR 420.12 and destroyed jury unanimity. The appellate court affirmed, holding that in a \"single act\" case with substantial evidence supporting both disjunctive purposes, such an instruction does not impact jury unanimity as long as the jury agrees on the ultimate issue of guilt.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=153694","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-scott-evan-weyant-d82502","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: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}