State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Honorable David Dolan

Charles Zimmerman filed a petition for writ of prohibition to prevent the circuit court from holding a revocation hearing. The court of appeals denied the writ. Zimmerman then filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court. While the writ was pending, the circuit court held Zimmerman’s probation revocation hearing and concluded that Zimmerman violated the terms of his probation. The Supreme Court subsequently issued a preliminary writ of prohibition commanding the circuit court to take no further action in the matter. Zimmerman argued that the circuit court had no authority over him under Mo. Rev. Stat. 559.036.8 because his probation terminated by operation of law years before the probation revocation hearing. The Supreme Court made the preliminary writ in prohibition permanent and directed the circuit court to discharge Zimmerman from probation, holding that the circuit court abused its discretion and exceeded its authority in holding Zimmerman’s probation revocation hearing because it failed to make every reasonable effort to conduct a hearing prior to the expiration of the probationary period. View "State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Honorable David Dolan" on Justia Law