State v. Flynn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court.— Hon. A. A. Johnson, Judge. (1) The information charges robbery in the first degree, sufficiently follows the statute and is in a form approved by this court.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court.— Hon. A. A. Johnson, Judge. (1) The information charges robbery in the first degree, sufficiently follows the statute and is in a form approved by this court. Sec. 4350, R. S. 1909; Kelly’s Criminal Law & Procedure (3 Ed.), 625; State v. Jenkins, 38 Mo. 372; State v. Farrar, 38 Mo. 457; State v. Calvert, 209 Mo. 280. Where the statute describes an offense as being committed in several different ways the information may charge in the same count the commission of the offense by one or more ways where the same are not repugnant. It is not improper to charge…
1Opinion of the Court
FARIS, J. —
Defendant, convicted in the criminal court of Greene county of robbery in the first degree and having had assessed against him as punishment therefor imprisonment for a term of five years in the penitentiary, has, after the usual motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, appealed to this court.
Defendant is not represented here by counsel and no brief has been filed by him or for him. Below he was represented by counsel appointed in that behalf by the trial court.
Going through the'record, as in duty bound, we note that the information was attacked both by a motion to quash…
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- State v. HarrounSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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