Stone v. Missouri Department of Corrections, Probation & Parole Board

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

Lester A. Stone appeals the circuit court’s judgment denying his petition for writ of mandamus. On appeal, he contends that he is entitled to mandamus relief because the Missouri Department of Corrections and the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole (referred to collectively as “the Department”) have a clear ministerial duty to recalculate his mandatory minimum prison term pursuant to the 1994 and 1999 amended versions of section 558.019, RSMo. We affirm.

Stone committed robbery in the first degree on February 6, 1990. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced later…