State v. Mixon
Annotate this CaseThe State appealed two judgments declaring Mo. Rev. Stat. 556.036 unconstitutional and dismissing, with prejudice, the criminal charges against Grant Mixon and Jeffrey Anderson. The judgments of the circuit court declared section 556.036 unconstitutional for conflicting with Mo. Const. art. I, 17, which prohibits felony prosecutions "otherwise than by indictment or information," because the circuit court determined the statute allowed for prosecution of a felony by complaint. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that Mixon and Anderson failed to demonstrate that section 556.036.5 "clearly and undoubtedly" violated Mo. Const. art. I, 17. Remanded.
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