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10 hours ago · The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have seen death row inmate Marcellus Williams resentenced Thursday to life without parole after new testing of DNA evidence ...
2 days ago · ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Tomorrow, a St. Louis County judge could determine the fate of a death row inmate. Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the murder of St. Louis ...
2 days ago · The office of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey fought the motion and last month sought to prevent the St. Louis County Circuit Court from holding Wednesday’s hearing and reviewing the ...
2 days ago · The office of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey fought the motion and last month sought to prevent the St. Louis County Circuit Court from holding Wednesday’s hearing and reviewing the ...
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In July, in one of the most-watched cases of the year, the Supreme Court upheld the expansion of MO HealthNet. Voters approved the Medicaid expansion in 2020 as an amendment to the state constitution. The court unanimously said that, because lawmakers still maintain control of the program’s funding, the amendment didn’t violate a separate constitut...
In July, the Supreme Court affirmed the validity of a 2015 law that reinstated a cap on the noneconomic damages that plaintiffs can recover in medical malpractice lawsuits. The 5-1 decision followed nearly a decade of jurisprudence on the circumstances under which lawmakers can set limits on the kinds of suits that were available when Missouri beca...
In November, the Supreme Court ended a two-and-a-half-year wait with a ruling that a plaintiff could not hold his former supervisor personally responsible for an injury that crushed his left thumb. The 4-2 ruling, which threw out the plaintiff’s $1.05 million verdict and set a record for the delay between oral argument and decision, is expected to ...
In August, the Supreme Court declined to halt the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson. The court found that he had failed to prove he suffered from an intellectually disability that would prevent him from being put to death for the murders of three people at a convenience store in 1994. Johnson died by lethal injection on Oct. 5. The case is State ex r...
In a pair of decisions in October, the Supreme Court said two 17-year-olds were properly tried as adults despite a recent change in the law that extends the authority of juvenile courts to offenders who are up to 18. The court said that, while the effective date of the law change was Jan. 1, 2021, the funds that the legislature appropriated for the...
In September, the Western District said a woman could renew an order of protection against a man even though he had since moved out of state. The court said Missouri courts had personal jurisdiction to enter the original order and retain it even though he is now a non-resident. The Supreme Court declined to review the ruling. The case is K.C. v. Ch...
The Eastern District ruled in August that some of a lawyer’s files could be disclosed during discovery in a lawsuit that is attempting to recover the proceeds of a jury verdict from an insurance policy. The court said that in the underlying litigation, the attorney served both as counsel to the insurance company and at times as an attorney for the ...
Nov 17, 2023 · A trial for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Missouri’s new photo identification requirement for voters begins Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Here’s a look at what the law does and why voting rights groups are suing: (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File) Read More.
2 hours ago · Williams was set to be executed for the murder on Sept. 24, 2024, but he is expected to be resentenced to life without parole under the plea deal. A formal sentencing hearing is scheduled for 8:30 ...
