State v. Stark
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. — Row. Wm. R. Martin, Judge. (1) The verdict does not find defendant guilty as charged in the information. The verdict does not set forth the elements of any crime. It says, “We, the jury, find -defendant guilty and assess his punishment,” etc. Guilty of what? Must the information and testimony he read to determine? The verdict should be sufficiently definite to show of what offense defendant is found guilty.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. — Row. Wm. R. Martin, Judge. (1) The verdict does not find defendant guilty as charged in the information. The verdict does not set forth the elements of any crime. It says, “We, the jury, find -defendant guilty and assess his punishment,” etc. Guilty of what? Must the information and testimony he read to determine? The verdict should be sufficiently definite to show of what offense defendant is found guilty. State v. Pierce, 136 Mo. 134; State v. Crowin, 189 Mo. 663; State v. Step-toe, 1 Mo. App. 19; State v. Pollock, 105 Mo-. App-. 273; State v. Rowe, 142…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
This prosecution was commenced on the 23rd of February, 1904, by information filed by the prosecuting attorney of Miller county, duly verified, wherein it is charged that the defendant on or about the 14th day of October, 1903, at the county of Miller, knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously had in his custody and possession a certain false, counterfeited and forged instrument of writing purporting to be a deed of conveyance of real estate situated in Miller county, Missouri, and described as the east half of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, all in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. DeWittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- State v. ElvinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State v. HathhornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- State v. MillsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- State v. BerningSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. ShumateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. BoleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. DePoortereSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- State v. PaceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
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