State v. Rutledge

HYDE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of sodomy and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed and, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 28.02, 42 V.A.M.S., we examine matters previously considered part of the record proper.

The information alleged five previous convictions, one in Illinois, two in California and two in Missouri. It then charged the crime of sodomy as follows: “The said defendant, Charles Albert Rutledge, on or about the 6th day of August, 1952, at and in the County of Cape Girar-deau in the State of Missouri, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and…