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The Solicitor General of Missouri is the top appellate lawyer for the State of Missouri. It is an appointed position in the Office of the Missouri Attorney General , with supervision over all of the office's major appellate cases and amicus briefs.
Some states codify what constitutes slander and libel together into the same set of laws. Some states have criminal libel laws on the books, though these are old laws which are very infrequently prosecuted. Washington State has held its criminal libel statute unconstitutional applying the state and federal constitutions to the question. [16]
The Missouri Attorney General is the attorney for the state, representing the legal interests of Missouri and its state agencies. As the state's chief legal officer, the attorney general must prosecute or defend all appeals to which the state is a party, including every felony criminal case appealed to the Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals.
Name Party Term 1 Edward Bates: Democratic-Republican: 1820–1821 2 Rufus Easton: Democratic-Republican: 1821–1826 3 Robert W. Wells: Democratic: 1826–1836
The constitutional requirement for the public defender system at all levels of government was established in 1963 with the Supreme Court ruling Gideon v. Wainwright. The Missouri State Public Defender System was later established in 1972. By 1973, there were 14 public defender offices in the state of Missouri.
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem fined the Missouri Attorney General’s Office $12,000 for violating the Sunshine Law.
2024 Missouri Attorney General candidates Andrew Bailey, Will Scharf, Elad Gross and Sarah Unsicker share their visions for the office, if elected.
Gregory was elected to the Missouri Senate in 2024, representing the 15th District which covers west St. Louis County.. In December 2024 Gregory pre-filed a bill that would create the Missouri state felony of trespassing for any illegal alien who knowingly enters and remains in the state, punishable by imprisonment for life, [9] and authorizing bounty hunters to enforce federal immigration ...