Kurt Frisz, Chief Law Enforcement Officer, St. Charles County, Missouri Missouri Cases

Petitioner John Doe pleaded guilty to four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Months later, his probation officer informed him he needed to register as a sex offender based on abandoned charges, prompting Doe to seek a writ of prohibition against Sheriff Kurt Frisz. The circuit court denied a permanent writ. The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed the denial of the writ, holding that while the circuit court erred in considering abandoned charges to determine sex offender status, a writ of prohibition was not the proper remedy because the Sheriff's notification was an executive, not a judicial or quasi-judicial, act.