Trevor Foley, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections Missouri Cases

Brooke Buddemeyer appealed the circuit court's decision to quash a preliminary writ of prohibition, arguing she was being held beyond the conditional release term for non-dangerous felonies as defined by Section 558.011.4(1)(b). She contended that her conditional release term should begin at the start of her twelve-year sentence, rather than after serving the prison term. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, holding that the plain language of Section 558.011, read in conjunction with other statutes and regulations, requires the prison term to be served before the conditional release term.