State v. Young

McMILLIAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Missouri from an Order and judgment of the St. Louis Court of Criminal Corrections that sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss a fifteen count indictment, alleging willful neglect of duty, and ordered the defendant’s discharge.

The State claims the court erred in the following respects: (1) by requiring that the indictment allege corruption, fraud, or malice to be sufficient; (2) by holding that § 558.160, RSMo 19691 does not prescribe the conduct or acts of a public officer that amounts to a crime; and (3) by ruling that Missouri law does…