State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Turpin

SMART, Presiding Judge.

Wade A. Turpin appeals the trial court’s order that ninety percent of the income distributions Turpin receives from a trust be paid to the state as reimbursement for the cost of his incarceration. The judgment of the trial court is vacated to the extent that it purports to order the trustee to distribute all the net income in the trust. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in all other respects.

Factual Background

Turpin was sentenced to the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections on February 25, 1985, following his convictions of two counts of sodomy and…