STATE EX REL. WESTFALL v. CLIFFORD

No. 43509.

617 S.W.2d 102 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel. George WESTFALL, Prosecuting Attorney of St. Louis County, State of Missouri, Relator, v. The Honorable Patrick CLIFFORD, Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, St. Louis County, State of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

May 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Westfall, Richard A. Behlman, St. Louis, for relator.

Joseph W. Downey, Clayton, for respondent.


REINHARD, Judge.

Relator sought an alternative writ of mandamus to compel respondent judge to vacate his order sustaining a motion to dismiss two causes filed against defendant. We issued the alternate writ which we now make permanent.

The sole issue to be decided is whether the informations in these cases, which were signed but not verified by the assistant prosecuting attorney, constitute valid charges against the defendant. The answer is yes. As noted by...

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