Rule 30.26 Post-Disposition Motions

If you want to ask a Missouri appeals court to reconsider its decision in a criminal case, you follow the same process used in civil cases. This rule points you to Rule 84.17, which lays out how these requests work.

In practice, this means there are not separate, special rules for asking a criminal appeals court to take another look at its ruling. The same deadlines, format, and procedure that apply to civil case appeals also apply here. If you are trying to file this kind of motion after your criminal appeal, you need to check Rule 84.17 to see exactly what steps to follow and when your paperwork is due.

The main takeaway is that criminal and civil cases are treated the same way at this stage. Courts did this to keep things simple and consistent, instead of writing out duplicate rules for criminal appeals.