State of Missouri v. Jaquan D. Whirley

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent-Appellant, ) ) v. ) WD85010 ) Consolidated with WD85364 ) JAQUAN D. WHIRLEY, ) Filed: March 28, 2023 ) Appellant-Respondent. ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cole County The Honorable Cotton Walker, Judge Before Division Four: Gary D. Witt, C.J., and Lisa White Hardwick and Alok Ahuja, JJ. This appeal involves an obvious sentencing error which the circuit court quickly recognized, and which it attempted to fix by entry of an amended judgment. Unfortunately, by the time the circuit court issued its amended…