My family member is currently in Missouri DOC for a probation violation. He has pending charges out of another county and he filled a 180 which the court accepted it back in January. He was supposed to have A hearing at the end of March but the DOC is refusing to transport him due to the coronavirus. It says on casenet that the writ was squashed. What exactly does this mean? Can they do this? Now it says he will have a video hearing? So are they going ahead with the writ?
If the writ was quashed, that just indicates he will not be physically brought to court. It sounds like he will be appearing by Polycom (video court) instead. If he does not have an attorney yet, he needs to either retain one or have one appointed to represent him on his pending case. An attorney can make sure that he has properly filed his disposition of detainer request which can help him with his case.
I have changed the practice area to criminal defense. This should get your question in front of lawyers with the correct background. What I can tell you is that the Missouri Supreme Court has issued an order stopping all in person hearings and trials. That is likely why he isn’t being transported for the hearing. I know that the courts are trying to do as much as they can through video and audio conferencing due to the coronavirus so that is likely what is happening.
