Legal Opinion

State v. Jackson

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 4, 1920PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. R. A. Breuer, Judge. (1) The information contains every necessary allegation and is in accordance with approved precedents. Sec. 4496, R. S. 1909 j Kelley’s Criminal La.w and Practice, sec. 588, p. 517; State v. Athanas, 150 Mo. App. 588; State v. Smith, 24 Mo. App. 413. (2) The verdict is sufficient. A general verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged in the information, when the information is not duplicitio.us, is good.

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1Opinion of the Court

On July 14, 1919, the prosecuting attorney of Gasconade County, Missouri, filed in the circuit court of said county, a verified information charging defendant with the crime of carrying a concealed weapon. The information, without caption and jurat, is as follows:

"J.W. Hensley, prosecuting attorney within and for the County of Gasconade, in the State of Missouri, informs the court upon the sworn complaint of Fred Bodendick that, on the 29th day of May, 1919, at and in the County of Gasconade, in the State of Missouri, John H. Jackson, not being then and there a legally qualified sheriff,…

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Hilz v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
State v. ElvinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
State v. ScottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
State v. RoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
State v. EspenschiedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908

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State v. BrothertonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
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State v. BlackMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981

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