{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"theaun-romaine-hardridge","displayName":"Theaun Romaine Hardridge","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd83755:2021-07-06","opinionId":"53f941b2-43b6-5572-8e2e-8371030f23e0","slug":"state-of-missouri-v-theaun-romaine-hardridge-d83755","caseName":"State of Missouri\nvs. \nTheaun Romaine Hardridge","caseNumber":"WD83755","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-07-06","year":2021,"display_summary":"Theaun Hardridge appealed his convictions for assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, and resisting a lawful stop. Hardridge argued that the statute for unlawful use of a weapon was ambiguous, requiring the State to charge him under a subsection with a lesser penalty, and that the trial court plainly erred by admitting evidence of his bad conduct in jail during the sentencing hearing. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the judgment, finding the statute unambiguous and that the admission of sentencing evidence was not plain error.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178493","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-v-theaun-romaine-hardridge-d83755","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: criminal"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}