STATE EX REL. NIXON v. KARPIERZ

No. SC 84792.

105 S.W.3d 487 (2003)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. Jeremiah W. NIXON, Attorney General, State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Vince KARPIERZ, Reg. No. 1013181, and James L. McMullin, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Barton, Rasmussen & Barton, Kansas City, Daniel S. Hobart, Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered, Overland, KS, Brian R. Barjenbruch, for appellants.

Virginia H. Murray, Jefferson City, for respondent.


RONNIE L. WHITE, J.

I.

This case involves the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, sections 217.825 to 217.841.1 After Appellant James L. McMullin secured judgment in favor of his incarcerated client, Vince Karpierz, the State initiated action to recover much of that judgment, including most of McMullin's attorneys fees. Because the validity of the Act is called into question, this Court has jurisdiction. MO. CONST. ART...

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