ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court Friday denied St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner's appeal of her and her office's disqualification from the gun case against Mark McCloskey, who with his wife pointed firearms at protesters outside their Central West End home in June.
The decision, for now, upholds Judge Thom Clark's order in December dismissing Gardner and her office from the case and means the circuit attorney's office would have to appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court in an effort to reverse the ruling.
It's not clear if Gardner will bring the matter to that court.
