Richard Brown v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole

Richard Brown appeals the grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole (“the Board”) on his declaratory judgment petition. Brown had sought a judgment declaring that his second-degree assault conviction should be reclassified as a nonviolent felony for purposes of parole eligibility and that he should be eligible for parole after serving fifteen percent of his second-degree assault sentence. He argues that the court misapplied the law in denying his request for declaratory judgment. For reasons explained herein, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural…