Bobby Bostic (born January 5, 1979) is a convicted felon serving a sentence of 241 years in Missouri.
On December 12, 1995, Bostic, aged 16, along with 18-year-old Donald Hutson robbed a group of people delivering Christmas gifts to needy residents in Missouri at gunpoint, and shortly thereafter robbed and briefly detained a woman in her car.
The pair were caught later that day.
Hutson was offered a plea deal and accepted 30 years in prison.
Bostic rejected the same offer and elected to go to trial.
He was given a sentence of 241 years by Judge Evelyn Baker, making him eligible for parole when he is 112.
Bostic is serving the longest sentence in Missouri given to a juvenile for non-homicide offenses.
Bostic's case attracted considerable media attention in later years, due to changing laws regarding life-sentences for children, and the severity of his sentence.
Judge Baker later stated she regretted giving Bostic the sentence, and actively supported his appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, along with Ken Starr, Sally Yates, Donald B.
Verrilli Jr.
and over 100 current and former judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers.
In April 2018, the Supreme Court denied Bostic's appeal.
He is incarcerated at Jefferson City Correctional Center.