Case summaries for Jan. 22 - 28, 2021 DWI Zip Code Does Not Determine Supplier For compressed ethanol-gas mixtures in calibrating alcohol testing devices, Department of Health’s regulation identified approved suppliers by location, including zip code. Zip code is not part of the supplier’s … [Read more...] about Case Law Updates – summaries for Jan. 22 – 28, 2021

Case summaries for Jan. 15 - 21, 2021 DWI Reasonable Suspicion Was a Matter of Law The inquiry on appeal is solely legal, and no deference is due the circuit court, when evidence is uncontested. To contest evidence, a party need not contradict that evidence, it can cross-examine or argue against … [Read more...] about Case Law Update JAN 15 – 21, 2021

GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JULIA PUSATERI LASATER AS ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DECEMBER 4, 2020 Today, Governor Mike Parson appointed Julia Pusateri Lasater as Associate Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit. She will fill the Associate Circuit Judge vacancy created … [Read more...] about GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JULIA PUSATERI LASATER AS ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JUDGE KELLY C. BRONIEC TO THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS, EASTERN DISTRICT OCTOBER 19, 2020 JEFFERSON CITY — Today, Governor Mike Parson appointed Judge Kelly C. Broniec to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Judge Broniec will succeed Judge Roy L. Richter … [Read more...] about GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JUDGE KELLY C. BRONIEC TO THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS, EASTERN DISTRICT

GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JEFFREY P. MEDLER AS ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR 21ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OCTOBER 21, 2020 JEFFERSON CITY — Today, Governor Mike Parson appointed Jeffrey P. Medler as Associate Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit. He will fill the Associate Circuit Judge vacancy … [Read more...] about GOVERNOR PARSON APPOINTS JEFFREY P. MEDLER AS ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR 21ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Case summaries for Sept. 11 - Sept. 17 DWI Source of Breath Analyzer Is Irrelevant Foundation for admitting breath test results includes “equipment and devices approved by the Division” of Health and Senior Services, and regulation describes the approved devices by model and “manufacturer or … [Read more...] about Case summaries for Sept. 11 – Sept. 17

Case summaries for Aug. 7 - Aug. 13 DWI SIS Is Not a Conviction Statutes requires revocation of driver’s license “upon a finding of guilt to a violation of [a statute] for one year from the date of conviction.” That statute requires both a finding of guilt and a conviction. Conviction means the … [Read more...] about Case summaries for Aug. 7 – Aug. 13

Case summaries for July 2 - July 9 DWI Evidence Suppressed To support the exercise of an officer’s community caretaker function requires more than speculation, it requires specific and articulable facts, which officer said were absent. “[S]pecific and articulable facts from the totality of the … [Read more...] about Case summaries for July 2 – July 9

CIRCUIT COURT PHASE ANNOUNCEMENT – 06/25/20 As directed by the Missouri Supreme Court on May 4, 2020, judicial circuits cannot rush to “open their doors” during this pandemic. They must do so gradually. The Court developed four phases to allow for this process. In determining whether phasing up … [Read more...] about St Louis County Courthouse will remain in Operating Phase One on June 25, 2020.

Case summaries for June 5 - June 11 Criminal No Plain Error Review During sentencing phase, circuit court received testimony without objection from defendant, that defendant will be dangerous in the future, and that defendant deserves at least the maximum sentences that the law provides. “Sua … [Read more...] about Case Law Updates from June 5 – June 11