State, Ex Rel. Cannon v. Leary

HALL, Chief Justice:

Petitioner herein seeks extraordinary relief in the nature of mandamus 1 to compel respondent to vacate his order dismissing an information for lack of jurisdiction, and to set the matter for trial.

On September 16, 1981, defendant Leon W. Reece was charged by an information with the offense of criminal mischief. 2 The information was subscribed and sworn to by James Leary, a police officer, before a circuit judge. On the back side of the information appears the statement, “Authorized for presentment and filing, Ted Cannon, County Attorney,” and the personal signature of…