David Rasmussen Hansen
How Judge Hansen decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Hansen evaluated warrant affidavits cumulatively instead of isolating each fact.
“Even if the individual facts alleged in the affidavits would not alone have established probable cause, viewed together they provided enough credibility and support for the warrants to issue.”
He required sentencing courts themselves to set concrete restitution schedules.
“We interpret this statement to require the district court to set a detailed payment schedule at sentencing.”
Procedural preferences
He enforced appellate-jurisdiction limits before reaching the merits.
“Because we lack jurisdiction to review this decision, we dismiss this appeal.”
He treated a knowing waiver of plea-statement protections as enforceable absent evidence that the agreement was involuntary.
“[A]bsent some affirmative indication that the agreement was entered into unknowingly or involuntarily, an agreement to waive the exclusionary provisions of the plea-statement Rules is valid and enforceable.”
Cautions
He declined to impose a new procedural default where the state had not regularly required the omitted step.
“There was no firmly established state practice in Missouri of insisting on the exhaustion of discretionary review; to the contrary, the State had consistently asserted that the exhaustion of discretionary review was unnecessary.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Having fully considered and rejected all of Richmond's claims on appeal, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary.”
“Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court and deny as moot Whitmore's motion for stay of execution pending appeal.”
“Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s denial of Wright’s motion to amend and supplement her complaint.”
“Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
“Thus, we affirm the judgment of the district court. The petitioner’s pending motions are denied.”
“Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
“Consequently, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
“Accordingly, we vacate and remand the restitution order with instructions for the district court to impose a detailed restitution payment schedule to commence while McGlothlin is incarcerated.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we dismiss the appeal.”
“We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.”
“Accordingly, we affirm the order of the district court granting Alejandro Villalpando a new trial on Count 1. We reverse the grant of a new trial on Counts 3 and 4 and remand to the district court with directions to enter a judgment of conviction on each of those counts, and for sentencing thereon.”
Caseload & timing
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