State ex rel. Kendrick Tipler, Relator v. The Honorable Michael Gardner

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

Paul C. Wilson, Judge

This Court issued a preliminary writ of prohibition to consider Relator Kendrick Tipler’s claim that the new rule of evidence set forth in the 2014 amendment to article I, section 18(c) of the Missouri Constitution could not be applied in his upcoming trial because the crimes with which he is charged occurred before the effective date of that constitutional amendment. The Court now quashes its preliminary writ and holds that article I, section 18(c) applies to all trials occurring on or after the effective date of the amendment,…