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A former St. Louis police officer did not intentionally strike a Sumner High School student in the face with a handgun, a federal jury said Tuesday afternoon.

The probationary officer, Eddie Boyd III, responded to a call to help break up a fight at the high school three years ago. This week he was in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis as a defendant in an excessive force lawsuit filed by Christopher Dixon. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles A. Shaw presided over the two-day trial.

A man who claimed he suffered excessive force at the hands of Kansas City police officers settled his case for $235,000.

U.S. v. Birbragher (MLW No. 60533/Case No. 08-4004 – 21 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Where a defendant, who owned an online business distributing prescription drugs, moved to dismiss a drug conspiracy charge on the grounds ...

Storey v. Roper (MLW No. 60558/Case No. 08-2936 – 31 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.) (1)Where a defendant in a death-penalty case sought habeas corpus relief claiming that the late introduction of victim-impact evidence was prejudicial, ...

Here's a cautionary note: If you keep large amounts of pot in your home, you might consider canceling the service designed to bring the authorities at a moment's notice.

Attorneys, warm up your laptops. The Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday that lawyers must use "reasonable efforts" to research the litigation histories of potential jurors before trial, not after.

A St. Louis criminal defense lawyer says the U.S. Supreme Court decision interpreting the Speedy Trial Act is a victory not only for his client but for the rights of criminal defendants throughout the country. “The Supreme Court made it ...

A labor union president pleaded guilty today to bribery after allegedly taking $20,000 from a St. Louis attorney who was helping in a federal investigation. Edward W. Rodzwicz, the president of the Brotherhood of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, pleaded ...

Law professor David Jacks Achtenberg chats with Judges Mark Pfeiffer (standing), Cindy Martin and James Welsh. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District is being asked to grant a man a new trial after members of the audience snapped photos in court in an apparent attempt to intimidate the jury.

A former St. Louis lawyer who pleaded guilty to embezzling from his clients will spend 18 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel, of the Eastern District of Missouri, last week sentenced Frank N. Carter Jr. to ...

The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Jefferson County man serving a life sentence for murder, stating that his constitutional rights were violated when the prosecutor made repeated references to the defendant's decision to remain silent.