State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Bowers

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Christopher Bowers, acting pro se, appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cole County ordering Bowers to reimburse the State for the cost of his incarceration pursuant to the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (MIRA), §§ 217.825 to 217.841. 1

Bowers is currently serving terms in the Missouri Department of Corrections of seventeen years on a conviction for second degree murder and four years for armed criminal action. On December 23, 2005, the State filed a petition seeking reimbursement from Bowers for costs associated with his incarceration under…