Fields v. Mo. Bd. of Prob. & Parole

Christopher Fields appeals the grant of the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole's motion for judgment on the pleadings in his declaratory judgment action, *14which sought a declaration that the Board improperly determined that Fields was required to serve a minimum of 85% of his nine-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter before becoming eligible for parole. Fields raises two points on appeal: (1) Fields claims he is entitled to parole as a result of a 2017 amendment to § 565.024 that removed language mandating that a person convicted serve at least 85% of the sentence imposed before…