{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"stephen-gregory-perry-defendant","displayName":"STEPHEN GREGORY PERRY, Defendant-","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37678:2023-07-25","opinionId":"e2ff3223-62c5-561f-8ec9-b0c06ac078d2","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-stephen-gregory-perry-defendant-d37678","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI , Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nSTEPHEN GREGORY PERRY, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37678","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2023-07-25","year":2023,"display_summary":"Stephen Gregory Perry was found guilty of first-degree statutory sodomy and sentenced to life in prison. In a prior appeal, his conviction was upheld, but his life sentence was vacated because he was erroneously sentenced as a predatory sexual offender. Upon remand, the circuit court again imposed a life sentence. In this appeal, Perry claimed the life sentence was grossly disproportionate and violated his constitutional rights. The appellate court declined plain-error review and affirmed the judgment, finding no facial manifest injustice as the sentence was within the statutory range.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=197895","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-stephen-gregory-perry-defendant-d37678","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction","text: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37201:2022-05-24","opinionId":"466efbe3-e050-53d6-bf3a-3357c4dec2ce","slug":"state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-stephen-gregory-perry-defendant-d37201","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nSTEPHEN GREGORY PERRY, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37201","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2022-05-24","year":2022,"display_summary":null,"primaryTopic":null,"topicSlugs":[],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=187054","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-plaintiff-respondent-v-stephen-gregory-perry-defendant-d37201","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"appellant"}]}