{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"gordon-f-goldsby","displayName":"Gordon F. Goldsby","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc96639:2018-07-31","opinionId":"77d08b9b-03cd-5258-8b0d-f98e4288c4c5","slug":"gordon-f-goldsby-appellant-v-george-lombardi-respondent-c96639","caseName":"Gordon F. Goldsby, Appellant, vs. George Lombardi, Respondent.","caseNumber":"SC96639","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2018-07-31","year":2018,"display_summary":"Gordon F. Goldsby, serving a life sentence for rape, appealed the circuit court's dismissal of his petition seeking to compel the Missouri Department of Corrections to provide him with a release date. The Supreme Court first addressed a jurisdictional issue, holding that the timely filing of a docket fee is not a jurisdictional prerequisite for an appeal, thus Goldsby's appeal was timely. On the merits, the Court affirmed the circuit court's decision, concluding that the \"three-fourths rule\" for sentence reduction does not apply to life sentences or to prisoners with conduct violations, and therefore, DOC was not required to set a release date for Goldsby.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=128634","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gordon-f-goldsby-appellant-v-george-lombardi-respondent-c96639","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd79982:2017-06-20","opinionId":"e82bacc6-2a6a-56a0-a27f-c1cd85d76c14","slug":"gordon-f-goldsby-v-george-lombardi-d79982","caseName":"Gordon F. Goldsby\nvs.\nGeorge Lombardi","caseNumber":"WD79982","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2017-06-20","year":2017,"display_summary":null,"primaryTopic":null,"topicSlugs":[],"outcomeNorm":"dismissed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=114059","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gordon-f-goldsby-v-george-lombardi-d79982","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"appellant"}]}