Fults v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole

The issues in this appeal are whether the application to a prisoner of parole guide lines, promulgated after the crimes were committed, violated the ex post facto and due process clauses of the United States and Missouri constitutions.

Fults, a prisoner, sought a declaratory judgment concerning the applicability of parole guidelines. He asserted that the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole had applied its 1985 parole guidelines to him in derogation of the ex post facto prohibition and his right to due process. Fults’ earlier appeal from denial of relief was dismissed as premature in Fults…