Legal Opinion · Dissent

Missouri v. Jump

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 19, 1914Published

Appeal from Ozark County Circuit Court .—Hon. John T. Moore, Judge.

1Dissent

„ DISSENTING OPINION.

ROBERTSON, P. J.

In the holding by Judge Sturgis as to the sufficiency of the testimony to make a prima-faeie case for the State, I concur; and, while, under the holding of the majority as to the insufficiency of the information, the defendant may be again tried, upon an amended information (State v. Keating, 223 Mo. 86, 122 S. W. 699), yet I am convinced that the judgment should be affirmed.

By applying the test as to the possibility of the information being understood by the defendant (State v. Wright, 161 Mo. App. 597, 602, 144 S. W. 175), ignoring grammatical…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. MeyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  2. State v. TurlingtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. State v. KeatingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  4. State v. LongSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  5. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903

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