Bates v. Missouri Department of Corrections

EDWIN H. SMITH, Justice.

Daniel Bates appeals the circuit court's judgment denying his petition against the respondent, the Missouri Department of Corrections (the DOC), for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief wherein he alleged that he was entitled to credit against his prison sentences for the time he was free on bond while under house arrest and awaiting trial.

The appellant raises two points on appeal. He claims that it was error to deny him credit against his sentences for the time he was free on bond because: (1) as a matter of law, he was entitled to such credit in that, even…