Section 28.14 Procedure for Hearing

• Library: Criminal Practice 2012 Supp

2. (§28.14) Procedure for Hearing

According to the “Blue Book” of the Board, available
at www.doc.missouri.gov/pdf/Blue%20book.pdf, the following procedures are to be followed:

· The inmate will appear before the hearing panel.

· “The hearing panel shall consist of one member of the Parole Board and two (2) hearing officers appointed by the Board. 217.670 RSMo.”

· The hearing will be recorded.

· “The hearing shall not be open to the general public. The records of all such hearings shall be treated as confidential and shall not be opened to inspection by the offender concerned, their representative or any other unauthorized persons. 217.670.”

· An inmate who is serving a Missouri sentence in another state is under the same rules and regulations governing the granting of paroles and conditional releases as an inmate who is serving the sentence in a Missouri institution. The inmate may waive the right to a hearing on the Missouri sentence, and the Board will hear those cases in absentia upon receipt of a report...