Missouri Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of former Kansas City detective convicted of murder

Kansas City, MO. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will not hear anyone’s appeal. former missouri detective Convicted of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a black man.

The state Supreme Court ruled against former Kansas City detective Eric J. Motion to hear DeValcanère’s case denied. The Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in September.

Messages were left with DeValkenaere’s attorney.

DeValcanere is serving a six-year sentence for second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. it was convicted Cameron Lamb was fatally shot in the driveway of Lamb’s home on December 3, 2019.

Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office in June asked the appeal court To overturn DeValkenaere’s conviction or order a new trial. This was unusual because the Attorney General’s Office typically defends a conviction rather than appealing it.

A message was left at Bailey’s office.

Police said DeValcanere, who is white, and his partner went to Lamb’s home after reports that he was following his girlfriend’s convertible in a stolen pickup truck. DeValcanere said he fired after Lamb pointed the gun at another detective.

But Judge J. Dale Youngs, who found DeValcanere guilty in a bench trial, said that officers had no probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed, they had no warrant for Lamb’s arrest, and they had There was no search warrant or consent to be on the property. , The police were the initial attackers and had a duty to retreat, the judge said.

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