Legal Opinion

Calvin v. Missouri Department of Corrections

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 13, 2009No. WD 69157PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

The Missouri Department of Corrections appeals the circuit court’s judgment declaring that Douglas Calvin has served every day of his five-year sentence for criminal nonsupport. The department contends that the circuit court improperly credited Calvin with time he served in prison on an unrelated sentence that was later vacated. We affirm.

Facts

The parties stipulated to the facts. In January 1997, Calvin pleaded guilty to the class D felony of criminal nonsupport (“the 1996 case”). The court sentenced him to five years in prison but retained jurisdiction under the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Brown v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  3. State Ex Rel. Meininger v. BreuerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
  4. Ex parte DurbinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  5. Ex parte JacksonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
  3. Burlew v. Missouri Department of CorrectionsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013

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