KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker said in a motion filed Tuesday she wants 10 minutes to speak in favor of the guilty verdicts reached in the trial of former Kansas City, Missouri, Det. Eric DeValkenaere.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a motion asking for a reversal of the guilty verdicts handed down in November 2021 by a Jackson County judge.
The judge found DeValkenaere guilty of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the December 2019 shooting death of Cameron Lamb outside his Kansas City, Missouri, home.
The motion states "because of the Attorney General's decision, at present, there is no party to oral argument who will be advocating to affirm the sentence and judgment."
Bailey and his office would normally handle the appeal hearing on behalf of the state.
Peters Baker's motion claims "the brief filed by the Attorney General's Office accepts an alternative view of the facts in this case when compared to the summary of the facts set forth, with appropriate citations to the trial court record, in the brief filed by Amicus."
Fairness would dictate, according to Peters Baker's motion, that both sides of the case be allowed to state arguments.
The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment on the pleading or motion to the court.
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