State v. Byrne

HENLEY, Judge.

Defendant, Michael Sewell Byrne, was charged by complaint1 with careless driving of a motor vehicle on a public highway by overtaking and striking another vehicle in the rear end, a misdemeanor. § 304.010.2 He was found guilty in a trial before a Magistrate and appealed to the circuit court of Johnson county. Trial in that court without a jury resulted in conviction and a judgment imposing a fine of $25, from which defendant appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District. The court of appeals reversed and remanded, holding that the complaint failed to allege…