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STATE v. PURKETT

No. 77918.

908 S.W.2d 690 (1995)

STATE ex rel. Jeffery OSOWSKI, Petitioner, v. James PURKETT, Supt., F.C.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence Sexton, Kansas City, for petitioner.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN HABEAS CORPUS

PER CURIAM.

On May 21, 1987, Jeffery Osowski pled guilty to the crime of attempted sodomy in violation of § 564.011.1, RSMo.1 Because § 566.060(4) makes the crime of sodomy a class B felony, attempted sodomy is thus a class C felony under § 564.011.3(2). Osowski was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. However, for a class C felony, the authorized term of imprisonment cannot...

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