State v. Duggar

RENDLEN, Judge.

Ruling § 568.040, RSMo 1986, unconstitutionally vague for failure to define the term “minor” child, the trial court dismissed an information charging defendant with failure to support his child. The cause comes to this Court under Mo. Const, art. V, § 3, and we reverse and remand.

Defendant was charged by information asserting that:

in violation of Section 568.040, RSMo, [he] committed the class A misdemeanor of non-support, punishable upon conviction under Sections 558.011.1(5) and 560.-011, RSMo, between the dates of December 2, 1988 and January 3, 1990 in the County of Howell,…