{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"thu-hong-nguyen","displayName":"Thu Hong Nguyen","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85341:2023-06-27","opinionId":"77cd866a-5ac0-5978-ad5c-d5388c0319e4","slug":"thu-hong-nguyen-v-state-of-missouri-d85341","caseName":"Thu Hong Nguyen\nvs.\nState of Missouri","caseNumber":"WD85341","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-06-27","year":2023,"display_summary":"Thu Hong Nguyen appealed the denial of her Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, arguing that her trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present all available mitigation evidence at her sentencing. The motion court found counsel's performance deficient for not presenting certain details of Nguyen's social history but concluded that Nguyen was not prejudiced because the omitted evidence was largely cumulative. The appellate court affirmed, agreeing that the additional mitigation details would not have materially enhanced the persuasive value of the evidence already before the sentencing court, and thus would not have resulted in a lower sentence.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=196859","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/thu-hong-nguyen-v-state-of-missouri-d85341","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"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: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}