Opinion

State v. Hudson

  • 137 Mo. 618
  • 38 S.W. 1107
  • 1897 Mo. LEXIS 67
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Feb 16, 1897
Status
Published
Author
Sherwood
On the bench
Sherwood
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 4.6%

The opinion

Sherwood, J.

The defendant was indicted in separate counts for burglary and larceny. A trial resulted in the return of the following verdict:

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for 'a term of three years.

“John Brown, Foreman. ”

This verdict is so indefinite and uncertain, no count of the indictment being specified therein, that no valid judgment can be rendered thereon. State v. Pierce, 136 Mo. 34 .

For this reason judgment reversed and causé remanded.

All concur.

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