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143 Mo. App. 696

State v. Lawson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 2, 1910

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 1910-05-02

<p>CRIMINAL LAW: Misdemeanors: State Cannot Appeal From Order Sustaining Plea in Abatement. The State has no right to appeal from an order of the trial court sustaining a plea in abatement to an indictment charging defendant with a misdemeanor.</p>

Relies on State v. Craig · State v. Donahue

Affirmed · Decided 1910-05-02

GRAY, J.

¶1On the 13th day of November, 1908, the grand jury of Jasper county, returned an indict■ment against the defendant charging him with a misdemeanor. The defendant filed a plea in abatement, which was sustained by the court, and from which the defendant appealed'to the Supreme Court. The Attorney-General filed a motion in the Supreme Court to transfer the cause to this court, and the motion was sustained, and the cause is here on such transfer.

¶2In State of Missouri v. Donahue, 124 S. W. 42, we held that the State has no right to appeal from an order sustaining a plea in abatement. In so deciding we followed the decision of the Supreme Court in State v. Craig, 122 S. W. 1006. The judgment of the trial court will be affirmed.

All concur.
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