Goings v. Missouri Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• interpreting the provisions of § 558.031, RSMo Cum. Supp. 1998 which specified when a defendant was entitled to “jail-time” credit
• statutes implicating defendant’s liberty should be construed strictly against State and in favor of defendant
• “In. construing [§ 558.031.1], we are guided by the principle that criminal statutes must be construed strictly against the state and liberally in favor of the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).