{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"state-ex-rel-kimberly-m-gardner-circuit-attorney-of-the-city-of-st-louis-relator","displayName":"State ex rel. Kimberly M. Gardner, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, Relator","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc97026:2018-12-04","opinionId":"0bfcb4c2-ab89-5656-8042-fad2c0fb5f63","slug":"state-ex-rel-kimberly-m-gardner-circuit-attorney-of-the-city-of-st-louis-c97026","caseName":"State ex rel. Kimberly M. Gardner, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, Relator, vs. The Honorable Timothy J. Boyer, Respondent.","caseNumber":"SC97026","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2018-12-04","year":2018,"display_summary":"The City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney sought a writ of prohibition to bar a circuit court judge from enforcing an order disqualifying her entire office from prosecuting a criminal case. The judge had disqualified the office due to an \"appearance of impropriety\" arising from the office's policy of investigating police use of force while simultaneously prosecuting a case where the officer was a witness. The Missouri Supreme Court made its preliminary writ of prohibition permanent, holding that the judge's order failed to comply with the established framework for disqualification, which requires a finding of an individual attorney's conflict of interest and a connection to the defendant's right to a fair trial.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=134074","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-ex-rel-kimberly-m-gardner-circuit-attorney-of-the-city-of-st-louis-c97026","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}