{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"tommy-r-morris","displayName":"TOMMY R. MORRIS","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36716:2021-06-28","opinionId":"f707196e-aaf2-5192-a5dd-d9e01a64a403","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-tommy-r-morris-appellant-d36716","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nvs.\nTOMMY R. MORRIS, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD36716","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2021-06-28","year":2021,"display_summary":"Tommy R. Morris was convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance following a bench trial. On appeal, Morris challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for his second-degree murder conviction, arguing that the victim's death did not occur during \"immediate flight\" from a felony as required by statute. The appellate court affirmed, holding that \"immediate flight\" refers to continuous and uninterrupted actions of fleeing, and sufficient evidence supported the conviction under this interpretation.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178293","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-tommy-r-morris-appellant-d36716","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: felony"],"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"}]}