STATE v. BURTCHETT

No. 56655.

475 S.W.2d 14 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Logan BURTCHETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

January 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Alfred C. Sikes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Wayne R. Starr, Jr., Independence, for appellant.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting Logan Burtchett of perjury and sentencing him to 2 years' imprisonment.

The information upon which this case was tried is fatally defective. The information was drawn under § 557.010, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.:

"Every person who shall willfully and corruptly swear, testify or affirm falsely to any material matter, upon any oath or affirmation, or declaration, legally administered, in...

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