Legal Opinion

Spicher v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 28, 2018No. SD 34908PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., J.

Casey A. Spicher ("Spicher") appeals from the judgment of the motion court, following an evidentiary hearing, denying his amended Rule 24.0351 motion to set aside his convictions for felony sexual assault and deviate sexual assault. In one point on appeal, Spicher asserts the motion court clearly erred in denying his post-conviction motion, because plea counsel was ineffective for failing to inform him that filing a motion to suppress statements he gave to law enforcement would "constitute a viable defense to the charged crime." Because the motion court's denial of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  3. Richard D. Davis v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2016
  4. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
  5. Oliphant v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Berry v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  2. Stragliati v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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