{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"tony-d-jones","displayName":"Tony D. Jones","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:parent-144336","opinionId":"50ed0b4a-5a72-5103-b0f4-374bdd131e28","slug":"tony-d-jones-v-missouri-department-of-corrections-d82678","caseName":"Tony D. Jones\nvs.\nMissouri Department of Corrections","caseNumber":"WD82678","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-09-17","year":2019,"display_summary":"Tony D. Jones, a juvenile offender sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and consecutive sentences for armed criminal action, sought declaratory relief to establish parole eligibility after 25 years under Section 558.047, RSMo. He argued the statute superseded other sentencing laws, allowing parole despite his consecutive sentences. The circuit court denied his petition, and the appellate court affirmed, holding that Section 558.047 only grants sentence review for the life sentence and does not eliminate or supersede parole guidelines for other consecutive sentences.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","other","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=144336","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/tony-d-jones-v-missouri-department-of-corrections-d82678","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}