Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Blackwell v. Sanders
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1981No. 43681PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
This matter is before us on a writ of prohibition. We issued our preliminary writ which we now make absolute. The matter presents the interpretation to be given to Sec. 558.031.1, RSMo 1978, when concurrent sentences are imposed for offenses unrelated in time. Specifically, the question is the allowance of “jail time” in that situation.
The facts here are not in dispute. Alan Quinn was arrested and confined on April 28, 1976, for a stealing offense. On April 22, 1977, following a plea of guilty, Quinn was sentenced to two years imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Michael R. King v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Hart v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State ex rel. Nixon v. DierkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
- Seevers v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
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