JEFFERSON CITY — The state Supreme Court heard arguments today from a St. Louis County man convicted of enticement of a child, who said his conviction was unconstitutional
The law in question imposes a mandatory five-year sentence, without parole, for those over…
Jason Crowell
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments this morning about details of who has to register as a sex offender.
The state appealed the case, Doe v. Keathley, after the appeals court ruled that those who were convicted…
Fischer
New Missouri Supreme Court Judge Zel M. Fischer took his oath of office during a Friday afternoon ceremony.
According the high court, “Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith presided over the formal ceremony in the Supreme Court’s en banc courtroom in Jefferson…
Bardgett
Former Judge John “Jack” E. Bardgett Sr. , who served on the state Supreme Court for 12 years, from 1970 to 1982, died Saturday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 81.
Judge Bardgett had been a lawyer for more than 50 years,…
Gov. Matt Blunt announced today that his top staffers have finished grilling the nominees for a Supreme Court vacancy.
Next, the governor himself will schedule interviews with the candidates: Court of Appeals Judges Lisa White Hardwick and Ron Holliger and…
The state’s Appellate Judicial Commission just announced that it has submitted to Gov. Matt Blunt the three-person panel of choices to fill the vacancy on the state Supreme Court.
( As their release notes: The vacancy is due to the July 31 departure of Judge Stephen N.…
