Harness v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole

REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals after an adverse ruling on his petition for a declaratory judgment. We affirm.

Plaintiff was convicted of selling a controlled substance (heroin), § 195.020, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced on March 29, 1976, to a term of ten years in prison. Probation was denied, and he was committed to the Department of Corrections. On October 3, 1977, plaintiff was released on parole. Under the general parole statute, plaintiff’s parole would have expired on March 26, 1986 (plaintiff received three days credit for pre-sentence jail-time). § 549.275, RSMo 1978.1 However, prior…