STATE v. WADE

Nos. SC 92382, SC 92491, SC 92786.

421 S.W.3d 429 (2013)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Michael WADE, Appellant. State of Missouri, Appellant, v. Jason Reece Peterson, Respondent. State of Missouri, Appellant, v. Edwin Carey, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Decided December 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Brotherton , Legal Writes LLC, Columbia, for Michael Wade.

Scott C. Hamilton , Aull, Sherman, Worthington, Giorza and Hamilton LLC, Lexington, for Jason Reece Peterson.

S. Dean Price Jr. , Springfield, for Edwin Carey.

Daniel N. McPherson , Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City.


ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

In this appeal Michael Wade, Jason Reece Peterson, and Edwin Carey each argue that article I, section 13 of the Missouri Constitution, which prohibits the passage of any law "retrospective in its operation," applies to criminal laws and, therefore, their charges under § 566.150,1 are unconstitutional as applied to them. This Court recently held that the retrospective clause of article I, section 13 does not...

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