STATE EX REL. LAUGHLIN v. BOWERSOX

No. SC 90542.

318 S.W.3d 695 (2010)

STATE ex rel. Dwight LAUGHLIN, Petitioner, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginger Gooch , Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Springfield, for Petitioner.

Andrew W. Hassell , Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, for Respondent.


MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Introduction

Dwight Laughlin was convicted and sentenced to prison in 1993 by the Newton County circuit court for burglary and property damage crimes occurring in the United States post office in Neosho. Under the United States Constitution, if a state cedes jurisdiction over federal property in the state, the United States has exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases involving offenses committed on that federal property.

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