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STATE EX REL. GEORGE v. VERKAMP

No. SC 92219.

365 S.W.3d 598 (2012)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. Courtney GEORGE, Appellant, v. Randy VERKAMP, Bud Dean, and Larry Stratman, as the duly elected and serving Commissioners of Phelps County, Missouri, County Commission, Carol Bennett as the duly elected and serving County Clerk of Phelps County, Missouri, and Carol Green, as the duly elected and serving Treasurer of Phelps County, Missouri, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Baker , Baker Law Firm LLC, Osceola, for George.

Brendon Fox , Phelps County Assistant Prosecutor, Rolla, for the County Officials.

GEORGE W. DRAPER III, Judge.

This appeal turns on whether a midterm increase in compensation for a fulltime prosecuting attorney violates article VII, section 13 of the Missouri Constitution, which prohibits the compensation of state, county, and municipal officers from being increased during the term of office. Here, the midterm increase in compensation resulted from the application of a statutory formula for calculating compensation in place before Courtney M. George...

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