State v. Vonderau

DONNELLY, Judge.

Defendant, Otto Louis Vonderau, was convicted on May 24, 1967, of willfully striking a police officer under § 557.215, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (Laws 1965, p. 668, § 1) by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, and his punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the Workhouse of the City of St. Louis for a period of six months. Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence an appeal was perfected to this Court. We reverse and remand for new trial.

The essential portion of the indictment charges:

“That OTTO LOUIS VONDERAU on the 19th day of May, one thousand…