Earlier this month, Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker’s office filed a motion with the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District to allow her to argue at a hearing in support of the trial outcome of former Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department Det. Eric DeValkenaere.
Peters Baker’s office filed the motion after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a motion that cast doubt on the trial outcome.
The Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office sought 10 minutes for oral arguments at a hearing set for Sept. 5 in a brief filed Aug. 1.
Presiding Judge W. Douglas Thomson sustained Peters Baker’s request Thursday for 10 minutes of oral argument.
Parties in the case are set to present oral arguments during a hearing at the downtown KCMO courthouse starting at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 5.
Attorneys representing DeValkenaere, the Attorney General’s Office and the Jackson County prosecutor's office will each have 10 minutes for oral arguments. After those 30 minutes, DeValkenaere’s attorneys will have three minutes for rebuttal.
A Jackson County circuit court judge found DeValkenaere guilty of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in a November 2021 bench trial in connection to the December 2019 shooting death of Cameron Lamb.
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