Edward Parton v. Bill Armontrout, Edward Parton v. Bill Armontrout

The petitioner, Edward Parton, is currently incarcerated and serving a fifty year sentence following a conviction for statutory rape. That conviction was affirmed in State v. Parton, 487 S.W.2d 523 (Mo.1972). A subsequent collateral attack on that conviction was denied. See Parton v. State, 545 S.W.2d 338 (Mo.Ct.App.1976). On November 7, 1984, the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole (MBPP) cancelled Par-ton’s presumptive release date, which had been set for January 11, 1985. The cancellation was based on Parton’s failure to complete Phase II of the Missouri Sexual Offender Program,…