Legal Opinion
Pettis v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 12, 2008No. WD 69398PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS H. NEWTON, Chief Judge.
Mr. Leon Pettis appeals the circuit court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings for the Department of Corrections (DOC), denying his request for a declaratory judgment that he was entitled to jail-time credit under section 558.031. 1 We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
Mr. Leon Pettis was convicted of first-degree murder in Jackson County and sentenced to life in prison in 1981. He was subsequently given a “scheduled release date” of September 22, 2004. See Pettis v. State, 212 S.W.3d 189 (Mo.App. W.D.2007). However, ten months prior, on November 22, 2003,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- State Ex Rel. Cavallaro v. GrooseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jefferson ex rel. Jefferson v. Missouri Baptist Medical CenterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
- Dykes v. Missouri Department of CorrectionsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
- Ladd v. Missouri Board of Probation & ParoleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
- Burlew v. Missouri Department of CorrectionsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2011
- Miller v. Missouri Departments of CorrectionsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2011
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