Jessie Randall Williams Missouri Cases

Jessie Williams appealed his conviction for second-degree murder, raising two points. First, he argued the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress and admitting a video interview, claiming he did not understand or waive his Miranda rights. Second, he contended the written judgment's sentence of "999 years" was a plain error, as the oral pronouncement was "life in prison." The appellate court affirmed the trial court's ruling on the motion to suppress, finding Williams knowingly and intelligently waived his Miranda rights. However, the court remanded the case for the circuit court to correct the clerical error in the written judgment to reflect the orally pronounced sentence.