STATE v. CLAY

No. SC 94954.

481 S.W.3d 531 (2016)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Pierre CLAY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued February 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The state was represented by Veronica Harwin and Aaron Levinson of the St. Louis circuit attorney's office in St. Louis, (314) 622-4941.

Clay was represented by David E. Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri in Mexico, (314) 604-6621, and Nick A. Zotos , an attorney in St. Louis, (314) 534-1797.

The city of St. Louis was represented by Winston E. Calvert , Erin McGowan and Matthew S. Dionne of the St. Louis city counselor's office in St. Louis, (314) 622-3361.

The St. Louis Regional Chamber was represented by J. Bennett Clark , Lee Marshall , Jason Meyer and Mary Longenbaker of Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, (314) 259-2000, and Jason R. Hall of the regional chamber in St. Louis, (314) 444-1175.

The St. Louis archdiocese was represented by Thomas M. Buckley of St. Louis, (314) 792-7075.

The Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation was represented by Douglas P. Dowd and Lia Obata Dowd of Dowd & Dowd PC in St. Louis, (314) 621-2500.

SSM Health was represented by J. Andrew Walkup of St. Louis, (314) 994-7800.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation was represented by Anthony E. Rothert and Jessie Steffan of the ACLU in St. Louis, (314) 652-3114, and Gillian R. Wilcox of the ACLU in Kansas City, (816) 470-9933.


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