STATE OF MISSOURI EX REL. JOHN LOGAN LEE NEWTON, Relator v. THE HONORABLE LAURA JOHNSON

John Logan Lee Newton (“Relator”) sought a writ of mandamus compelling the Honorable-Laura Johnson (“Respondent”) to order the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) to release Relator onto probation under section 559.115 after Respondent had previously refused to order such a release. 1 Relator insists that “Respondent had no authority to deny Relator’s release on probation and order his sentence executed because DOC erroneously calculated the date that Relator’s 120 began and reported to Respondent that Relator was not going to finish his 120 day program[ 2 ] until 4 days after the 120 period…