James Egan
Republican · MO
Columbia public defender with 22 years at the Missouri State Public Defender, handling thousands of trial cases and about 100 appeals, after earlier work as an educator of at-risk youth. Says he would protect victims' rights and pair accountability with effective treatment.
Where James Egan stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Criticized Missouri's rule that lets a judge impose a death sentence when a jury cannot agree. He said the rule gives prosecutors a second chance and called Missouri an outlier with Indiana.
November 22, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: komu.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 6 favorable
Argued before the Missouri Supreme Court that the evidence did not support child sex trafficking and sexual performance charges against a client (State v. Baum).
October 9, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.mo.gov
Defended a trial judge's ruling before the Missouri Supreme Court that threw out evidence from an arrest made by police outside their own city (State v. Barton).
May 17, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.mo.gov
Argued before the Missouri Supreme Court that jury instructions in a child sex abuse trial did not make sure all jurors agreed on the same act (State v. Hamby).
January 24, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.mo.gov
Argued before the Missouri Supreme Court that a prisoner had not properly given up his right to a lawyer before he represented himself at trial (State v. Teter).
May 24, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.mo.gov
Won a Missouri Supreme Court case for a client facing probation revocation. The court ruled the judge lost the power to revoke probation because no reasonable effort was made to hold the hearing before probation ended (State ex rel. Jones v. Eighmy).
April 30, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courtlistener.com
Filed a brief asking the Missouri Supreme Court to send a 15-year-old's Joplin school shooting case back to juvenile court. He argued the boy's first lawyer failed him at the hearing that moved the case to adult court.
February 9, 2008Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: joplinglobe.com
Past race James Egan ran in:
- Associate Circuit Judge, Division 9, Boone County, Missouri · November 3, 2026 · Boone County, Missouri