SMITH v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE

No. SC 99715, No. SC 99714.

659 S.W.3d 895 (2023)

Brock SMITH, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE, et al., Respondents. Gary Nelson Ford, Appellant, v. Col. Jon Belmar, Chief of Police as Chief Law Enforcement Officer of St. Louis County, Pursuant to County Charter, and Missouri State Highway Patrol, and Jim Buckles, Sheriff of St. Louis County as "Chief Law Enforcement Official" as Defined By RSMo 589.404(3), Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued January 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In SC99715, Smith was represented by Nathaniel Diekman of Diekman & Leightner in Clayton, (314) 725-9850.

In SC99714, Ford was represented by Stephen R. Fleddermann of Fleddermann Law Office LLC in St. Charles, (636) 947-4343.

In both cases, the county police department, its chief and the county sheriff were represented by Portia J. Britt of the St. Louis County counselor's office in Clayton, (314) 615-7038; and the highway patrol was represented by Gregory M. Goodwin and George R. Lankford of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.


Brock Smith appeals a St. Louis County circuit court's judgment denying his petition for removal from the Missouri sex offender registry. Smith argues, because he is a tier I sex offender, § 589.400.1(7)1 does not mandate he remain on the Missouri sex offender registry for his lifetime. The...

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