Pre-representation
Read Early in your Case (if I am your public defender)
- Intro letter to new clients from myMOpd
- Importance of acting quickly to preserve evidence
- Discovery, Evidence, & Investigation (types, etc.)
- Criminal Case Basics (Types, Sequence/steps/timing, Outcomes, etc.)
- myMOpd Admin Links (bottom of this page)
Read as needed
- Client Self/Team Help (Drug/Alcohol Treatment, Driver’s License Problems, Child Support, Civil Lawsuits, etc.) (Audio Option)
- Administrative Instructions Page
- Including links how to electronically sign documents, get a medical records release form, learn about fingerprint & DNA requirements and procedures; finding Probation Office
- Understanding the Public Defender Fee (Audio Option)
- Admin Links During Representation (bottom of this page)
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Read Near End of Case
- Case Dismissed (pending page)
- Dismissed by Prosecutor (pending page)
- Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing by Judge (pending page)
- Dismissed later in case (pending page)
- Trial
- Jury Trial (pending page – see tagged posts here)
- Bench Trial (pending page)
- Pleading Guilty for “Deal”
- Misdemeanor Plea & Probation (pending page)
- Felony Plea Petition Review (including video)
- Post Plea & Sentencing Rights (including video)
- Trial or Plea Outcomes
- Probation (vs. Parole) (pending page)
- Fines
- Restitution (payment to victim) (pending page)
- County Jail time
- Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) time (and click here for “enhanced sentence” information for prior and persistent offender)
- Credit for time served
- Parole (vs. Probation) (pending page)
- When will I get released? (pending page)
- Costs, & Public Defender Fees
- Jury Costs (if you go to trial)
- Court Costs (separate for jury cost) (pending page)
- Paying Public Defender Fee (Audio Option)
- End of Representation Letter to Client
- Admin Links After Respresentation (bottom of this page)
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Admin Links
- Admin Information Page (separate page)
- Admin Links During Representation:
- Admin Links Early in Representation
- eSign Documents for myMOpd (Client only)
- Attorney-Client Medical Release (HIPAA) Form (Client only)
- Fingerprinting Order & DNA submission
- Admin Links During Representation
- eSign Documents for myMOpd (Client only)
- Attorney-Client Medical Release (HIPAA) Form (client only)
- Fingerprinting Order & DNA submission
- Admin Links After Representation
- Admin Links Early in Representation
- Admin Links During Representation:
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