Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Fleming v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 4, 2017No. SC 95764PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN HABEAS CORPUS
PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, CHIEF JUSTICE
William Fleming’s probation was revoked and execution of his concurrent seven-year prison sentences was ordered after he failed to pay his court costs within the first three years of his probation. Mr. Fleming subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his liberties were being unlawfully restrained because the sentencing court violated his due process and equal protection rights by revoking his probation solely because he was indigent.
This Court finds that the sentencing court improperly…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bearden v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Amrine v. RoperSupreme Court of Missouri · 2003
- Bateman v. RinehartSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
- State ex rel. Strauser v. MartinezSupreme Court of Missouri · 2014
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Hill v. CassadyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
- State v. SpearMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
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