State v. Smith

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Linda Smith was charged with four separate counts of forgery under § 570.090, RSMo 1978, and convicted by a jury. The court imposed the punishment assessed by the jury — six months in the county jail. The defendant contends on appeal (1) that venue was not proven as to Count IV, and hence no valid conviction was returned on that count, (2) that the information failed to allege as to any count that the defendant acted with the purpose to defraud, and hence an offense was not charged under § 570.090, and the court was without jurisdiction to submit the…