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Murder/Homicide & Criminal Defense
Attorney in Kansas City, Missouri

Not Guilty Verdicts

John Anthony Picerno

Not Guilty Verdicts

LEAD ATTORNEY

  • Murder in the First Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action (2 Counts)

  • Murder in the First Degree

  • Murder in the Second Degree, Armed Criminal Action

  • Murder in the Second Degree, Armed Criminal Action

  • Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action (2 Counts)

  • Armed Bank Robbery

  • Robbery in the First Degree (2 Counts), Armed Criminal Action (2 Counts), Tampering in the First Degree

  • Robbery in the First Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action (2 Counts)

  • Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer

  • Assault in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action

  • Possession of a Controlled Substance (prior/persistent offender)

  • Burglary in the First Degree

CO-COUNSEL

  • Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action (2 Counts)

  • Rape (3 Counts), Sodomy (4 Counts), Robbery & Burglary in the First Degree, Armed Criminal Action (8 Counts)

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Practice Areas

Drug Crimes
Robbery & Burglary
Juvenile Crimes
Traffic Law
Felon in Possession
Homicide
Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence
Drunk Driving
DWS & DWR
Probation Violation
White Collar Crimes
Weapon Violations
Armed Criminal Action
Computer Crimes
Drug Crimes
Robbery & Burglary
Juvenile Crimes
Traffic Law
Felon in Possession
Homicide
Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence
Drunk Driving
DWS & DWR
Probation Violation
White Collar Crimes
Weapon Violations
Armed Criminal Action
Computer Crimes
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Attorney: Don’t blame Jean Peters Baker for politicizing 'highly unusual' DeValkenaere case, Gov. Parson

She took exception to KCPD’s decision to allow one of DeValkenaere’s former supervisors — since-retired Sgt. Richard Sharp, who maintained a close relationship with DeValkenaere — to oversee the investigation. Picerno called such an arrangement “extremely troubling.” He added, “There's an inherent conflict of interest there. It's the main reason why we now have the Missouri State Highway Patrol conduct all the investigations in any kind of an officer-involved incident.”

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Kansas City man sentenced to 13 years for fatal Midtown shooting

A 63-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for fatally shooting another man he encountered when a traffic cone was thrown at his SUV in Kansas City’s Midtown. Andrew Harold Bostic, of Kansas City, was handed the sentence during a hearing Tuesday in Jackson County Court. He was convicted in October of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Patrick D. George, 42, in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2022. Police officers discovered George’s body near Armour and Broadway boulevards when a passerby reported seeing him on the sidewalk around 5 a.m. He appeared to have been shot in the neck, according to court documents.

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DeValkenaere in custody after court upholds ex-KCPD detective’s conviction

A former Kansas City police officer has been booked into jail Tuesday after an appeals court upheld his conviction in the deadly shooting of a Black man.

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