Jackson v. Members of Missouri Board of Probation & Parole

Arbary Jackson began serving a prison sentence in 1977. He was released on parole in 2001. Some years after being released on parole, Jackson was required to pay a fee authorized in 2005 by section 217.690, RSMo Supp. 2008. 1 Although the fee did not apply to the time Jackson already had spent on parole, he argues that applying the law to him for future services provided violates Mo. Const, art. I, sec. 13 as a law retrospective in its operation. The trial court correctly determined there was no violation.

“A statute is not retrospective or retroactive because it relates to prior facts or…