{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"scott-randall-collins-defendant","displayName":"SCOTT RANDALL COLLINS, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35314:2019-03-14","opinionId":"7b395693-e2e9-5abf-b4fb-5e94d258aa82","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-scott-randall-collins-defendant-d35314","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nSCOTT RANDALL COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD35314","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-03-14","year":2019,"display_summary":"Defendant Scott Collins was convicted after a bench trial of making a terrorist threat and victim tampering. On appeal, Collins challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for his victim tampering conviction, arguing that Mercy Hospital, not a natural person, was the victim of the terrorist threat. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the natural persons in the hospital were the victims of the terrorist threat, and the security officer who testified was acting on their behalf, thus satisfying the elements of victim tampering.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=138093","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-scott-randall-collins-defendant-d35314","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"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"medical-malpractice","label":"Medical Malpractice","href":"/practice-areas/medical-malpractice","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: hospital"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/medical-malpractice"}],"role":"appellant"}]}