Dorris v. State

REINHARD, Judge.

Movant appeals after the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant pled guilty to three counts of passing bad checks and was sentenced to three concurrent terms of five years’ imprisonment. He filed a Rule 27.26 motion in which he alleged, among other matters, that the information charging him with the offenses was defective.

Movant was charged with violating § 570.120, RSMo 1978, which provides in pertinent part:

1. A person commits the crime of passing a bad check when, with purpose to defraud, he issues or passes a check or other similar…