State v. Boshers

SPINDEN, Judge.

The state filed an information in the associate division of the Laclede County Circuit Court1 charging Jo Ann Boshers with three counts of animal neglect, a Class C misdemeanor. On the eve of trial, the trial court granted Boshers’ motion to dismiss the case because the original information cited a repealed statute and failed to state an offense. The court also ruled that the *37statute of limitations had expired prior to the state’s filing an amended information correcting the defects. The state appeals, and we affirm.

The state’s information, filed on October 10, 1989, charged…