PETTIS v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. WD 69398.

275 S.W.3d 313 (2008)

Leon W. PETTIS, Appellant, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied December 23, 2008.

Application for Transfer Denied February 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary E. Percival, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.

Shaun J. Mackelprang, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Before: THOMAS H. NEWTON, C.J., VICTOR C. HOWARD, and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.


THOMAS H. NEWTON, Chief Judge.

Mr. Leon Pettis appeals the circuit court's grant of judgment on the pleadings for the Department of Corrections (DOC), denying his request for a declaratory judgment that he was entitled to jail-time credit under section 558.031.1 We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Mr. Leon Pettis was convicted of first-degree murder in Jackson County and sentenced to life in prison in 1981. He...

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