McDermott v. State

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

David L. McDermott, a prisoner, appeals pro se from the St. Louis County Circuit Court’s judgment dismissing his action entitled “Petition for Writ of Error by Right with Declaratory Relief and Ha-beas Relief’ for lack of jurisdiction. The appellant also challenges the denial of his “Motion to Reopen, Amend or Modify Judgment and to Amend as a Matter of Course.” The circuit court construed the petition as one for habeas corpus, which must be filed in Cole County, where the appellant is incarcerated, and dismissed the petition. Missouri Supreme Court Rule 91.02(a).…