Merriweather v. Grandison

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

The petitioner on October 17, 1986, pleaded guilty to a charge of felony possession of cocaine, § 195.020, RSMo (1986) (repealed 1989). The Circuit Court of Cass County suspended imposition of sentence and placed her upon probation for five years. On September 8, 1992, petitioner’s probation was revoked and she was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.

The maximum sentence for petitioner’s offense had been 20 years’ imprisonment when the offense was committed, and that punishment provision was in effect until August 28, 1989. As of the latter date, the maximum…