Jury said drunken driver caused fatal I-70 crash, but was she really a victim too?
Dec 23, 2015
There’s a lot that Kelli Smith can’t remember about Feb. 25, 2012.
Year: 2015
Woman gets new trial over fermented blood evidence
Dec 22, 2015
Kelli Carin Smith was convicted last year in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors alleged that she was drunk when she drove the wrong way on Interstate 70 east of Columbia. She struck another vehicle, killing the driver and suffering a traumatic brain injury.
Kelli Smith to get new trial, appeals court rules
Dec 22, 2015
A Columbia woman convicted a year ago of causing a fatal wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 will receive a new trial, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Attorney for MU professor speaks about lawsuit on University gun ban
Sep 22, 2015
A University of Missouri law professor is suing the the University, saying banning guns on campus violates state law.
Missouri Law Professor Sues for Right to Carry a Gun on Campus
Sep 22, 2015
A law professor at the University of Missouri has filed a lawsuit that challenges the school’s gun ban.
MU law professor challenges campus gun ban
Sep 21, 2015
Citing an amendment voters added to the Missouri Constitution last year, a University of Missouri School of Law professor has initiated a lawsuit challenging MU’s campus gun ban.
Law School professor files lawsuit over MU’s gun ban
Sep 21, 2015
A law professor has filed suit against the UM Board of Curators and UM System President Tim Wolfe, saying an MU policy that prohibits concealed weapons on campus infringes on his constitutional rights.
University of Missouri professor sues over gun prohibition on campus
Sep 20, 2015
A University of Missouri professor is filing a lawsuit against the school for prohibiting guns on campus, in what is aimed to be one of the first tests of the state’s newly amended constitution that provides for “strict scrutiny” of gun restrictions.
Attorney argues cellphone data should be tossed
Apr 25, 2015
An attorney representing a man accused of sexual assault argued Friday afternoon that evidence gathered from her client’s cellphone should be excluded from trial because it was obtained illegally and the search warrant went beyond the scope of an affidavit the department filed.
Woman convicted in deadly DWI crash asks for new trial
Jan 7, 2015
The Columbia woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for driving the wrong way on I-70 in 2012 and killing a man is asking to be acquitted or to get a new trial.