State ex rel. Zahnd v. Van Amburg

Eric G. Zahnd, prosecuting attorney for Platte County, seeks writs of prohibition directing the Platte County circuit court to vacate its orders sustaining Rule 29.12(b) motions and amending the stealing convictions and sentences of Jesse Nelson and Jack Walker II. Because the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate the Rule 29.12(b) motions and amend the judgments, such actions were void and this Court makes permanent its preliminary writs of prohibition.

I. Factual and Procedural History

In separate cases, Nelson and Walker were charged pursuant to § 570.030.3(1)1 with a class C…