{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"troy-callahan","displayName":"Troy Callahan","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed111206:2023-10-31","opinionId":"a1007b37-7a01-5251-9290-27a9dd3cad76","slug":"troy-callahan-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-111206","caseName":"Troy Callahan, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.","caseNumber":"ED111206","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2023-10-31","year":2023,"display_summary":"Troy Callahan appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing, following his conviction for first-degree statutory sodomy. Callahan claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object to voir dire questions and a forensic interviewer's testimony, and that the motion court improperly adopted the State's proposed findings. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no clear error in its denial of post-conviction relief.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=202395","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/troy-callahan-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-111206","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"],"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","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}