{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"spenser-a-farr-defendant","displayName":"SPENSER A. FARR, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36175:2020-09-29","opinionId":"cb6a0d37-02c9-5894-b1c4-bd7059729869","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-spenser-a-farr-defendant-appella-d36175","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nSPENSER A. FARR, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD36175","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-09-29","year":2020,"display_summary":"Spenser A. Farr appealed his convictions for three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. He argued the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the nested, lesser-included offense of second-degree child molestation. The appellate court affirmed the convictions for counts 3 and 4, finding no prejudice because the age element was adequately tested by other instructions. However, the court reversed the conviction for count 5 and remanded for further proceedings, concluding that the age element for that count was not adequately tested, and thus the presumption of prejudice was not rebutted.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","jury-instructions","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","other"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=166933","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-spenser-a-farr-defendant-appella-d36175","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":"appellant"}]}