STATE EX REL. SHIELDS v. PURKETT

No. 76526.

878 S.W.2d 42 (1994)

STATE ex rel. Richard W. SHIELDS, Petitioner, v. James PURKETT, Superintendent, Farmington Correctional Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Hartmann, Juan D. Keller, St. Louis, for petitioner.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Millie Aulbur, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


PRICE, Judge.

Petitioner Richard Shields obtained a writ of habeas corpus from this Court on February 22, 1994, for the purpose of reviewing the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole's (MBPP's) denial of parole release on February 11, 1993. Petitioner asserts MBPP improperly applied current parole statutes and regulations in denying parole, instead of applying the statutes and regulations in force at the time of his offenses in 1981. MBPP both has conceded petitioner...

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