{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"timothy-dean-burroughs","displayName":"Timothy Dean Burroughs","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed108518:2021-03-30","opinionId":"9b48cae3-c9d5-587d-b688-351e9cb3e2a6","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-timothy-dean-burroughs-appellant-108518","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Timothy Dean Burroughs, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED108518","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2021-03-30","year":2021,"display_summary":"Timothy Dean Burroughs appealed his conviction for attempted rape in the first degree, arguing several points of error regarding the admission of evidence and sufficiency of proof. He contended that his extrajudicial statements were improperly admitted due to insufficient corpus delicti, that the victim's out-of-court statements were inadmissible hearsay and violated the Confrontation Clause, and that the trial court erred by not issuing a cautionary instruction. Burroughs also challenged the sufficiency of evidence regarding the victim's incapacity. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, finding no abuse of discretion in admitting the evidence and concluding that any error in the cautionary instruction was harmless.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=175880","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-timothy-dean-burroughs-appellant-108518","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"],"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: evidence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}