Where defendant sought a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court from taking any action other than to discharge her from probation, notices of citation filed in her case were not initial violation reports or violation reports, so ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law earned compliance credits probation

  Where a defendant was issued a writ of habeas corpus based on his argument that he was being illegally detained because he was entitled to receive earned compliance credits that caused his probation to expire, which ended the court’s ...

Tagged with: earned compliance credits habeas corpus probation

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Feb. 13 that defendants who haven’t finished paying restitution can’t be released early from probation for good behavior. In a unanimous opinion, the court resolved what it said was a conflict between two statutes. Section ...

Tagged with: earned compliance credits John D. Beger Missouri Supreme Court Paul C. Wilson Pemiscot County Pulaski County

Defendants in underlying criminal cases were convicted and ordered to pay restitution and court costs as a condition of their probation. The state moved to revoke defendants’ probation for failure to keep current with their payments, but the circuit court ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Discharge from Probation earned compliance credits Failure to Pay Court-Ordered Restitution