State v. Charity

BILLINGS, Judge.

Defendant Thomas Charity was convicted by a Jasper County jury of promoting prostitution in the second degree in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1978, and his punishment was fixed at seven years imprisonment. Because the grand jury indictment failed to allege an essential element of the crime, we must reverse and remand.

Section 567.060, RSMo 1978, provides as follows:

“A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he knowingly promotes prostitution by *367managing, supervising, controlling, or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house…