State v. Griffin

BENTON, Judge.

[After the expiration of time for filing motions for rehearing, the parties discovered that, as the offense was committed in 1983, the procedures of the “current” version of Chapter 565 do not apply. § 565.-001 RSMo 1986. Instead, this case is governed by the “old” version of Chapter 565 contained in RSMo 1978 and RSMo Supp. 1982.

The two parties filed competing writs of prohibition against the trial judge that present alternative theories of the appropriate procedures for resentencing under the 1983 version of Chapter 565. This Court consolidates the two petitions and treats…