Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Date unavailable
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. JERRY GAGE, Defendant-Appellant
Jerry Gage was convicted of statutory sodomy and child molestation after a bench trial. The trial court orally sentenced him to concurrent life and 15-year terms, but the written judgment included a 30-year parole ineligibility for the life sentence. Gage appealed, arguing the written judgment conflicted with the oral pronouncement and statutory law. The appellate court affirmed the convictions and sentences but remanded the case for the trial court to correct the clerical error in the written judgment regarding parole eligibility via a nunc pro tunc order.