State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Dolan

Charles Zimmerman (hereinafter, “Zimmerman”) seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the circuit court from taking any further action in his probation revocation proceeding, other than to dismiss it with prejudice, contending the circuit court lacks the authority to act under section 559.036.8, RSMo Supp. 2013.1 This Court holds the circuit court abused its discretion and exceeded its authority in holding Zimmerman’s probation revocation hearing because it failed to make every reasonable effort to conduct a hearing prior to the expiration of the probationary period. The preliminary writ in…