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143 Mo. App. 697

State v. Kelley

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.

¶1The grand jury of Jasper county, November 2, 1908, returned an indictment against the defendant, charging him with a misdemeanor. The defendant filed a plea in abatement, which was by the court sustained. Whereupon, the prosecuting attorney filed an affidavit for an appeal in the Supreme Court, and the order was made, allowing the appeal.

¶2When the case reached the Supreme Court, the Attorney-General filed a motion to transfer it to this court, and the motion was sustained and the cause transferred.

¶3Upon the decisions of State v. Craig, 122 S. W. 1006, and State v. Donahue, 124 S. W. 42, the judgment of the trial court will be affirmed.

All concur.
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