Leigh v. State

Introduction

The issue presented on appeal focuses on a recurring issue of the filing deadline for a motion for post-conviction relief in situations where an individual receives a suspended execution of sentence, serves a short period of time in the Missouri Department of Corrections ("DOC") as a requirement of probation, is released from the DOC and continued on probation, but is later returned to the DOC to serve the remainder of the suspended sentence when the probation is revoked.

Christopher D. Leigh ("Leigh") appeals from the motion court's dismissal of his Rule 24.0351 motion for…