State v. Stout

AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Donny Joe Stout, appeals from the trial court’s denial of “Defendant’s Petition for Reduction of Term of Sentence and Notice”, filed pursuant to Section 558.046 RSMo 1994. Defendant argues the trial court denied his Section 558.046 petition in violation of his procedural due process rights because it summarily dismissed his petition without a proper hearing. The State filed a motion to dismiss defendant’s appeal. We dismiss the appeal.

On March 22,1983, a jury convicted defendant of violating Section 195.020, for the sale of marijuana. The trial court…