STATE v. WARD

No. SC 96696.

568 S.W.3d 888 (2019)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Justin Luke WARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued March 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The state was represented by Shaun J. Mackelprang of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.

Polk County prosecutor Kenneth R. Ashlock in Bolivar, (417) 326-5756.

Ward was represented by Ellen H. Flottman of the public defender's office in Columbia, (573) 777-9977.


The State appeals the circuit court's judgment, after a bench trial, finding Justin Ward "not guilty" of the class D felony of sexual misconduct involving a child by indecent exposure because the statute under which he was charged, § 566.0831, is unconstitutionally overbroad as applied to...

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