{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"william-scott-sours-movant","displayName":"WILLIAM SCOTT SOURS, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35776:2019-07-18","opinionId":"f43a3eab-ddfb-55ee-883b-caa660400977","slug":"william-scott-sours-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respo-d35776","caseName":"WILLIAM SCOTT SOURS, Movant-Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD35776","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-07-18","year":2019,"display_summary":"William Scott Sours appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion to set aside his conviction for receiving stolen property. Sours argued that his appointed post-conviction counsel abandoned him by improperly incorporating his pro se motion and that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the amended information. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no clear error. It concluded that Sours invited the error regarding the amended motion and that appellate counsel made a strategic choice not to raise the information issue.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=142493","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/william-scott-sours-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respo-d35776","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: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}