Rule 23.02 - Misdemeanors or Felonies-Indictment or Information-Manner of Pleading Certain Matters(a) Venue. An indictment or information may allege the venue of the offense charged by stating the name of the county or other jurisdiction in the caption.(b) Joint Ownership. An indictment or information charging that an offense has been committed affecting property belonging to more than one owner may allege that such property belongs to any one or more of them.(c) Describing Instruments or Property and the Value Thereof. An indictment or information charging an offense against, or involving, any instrument or property may describe the instrument or property by the name or designation by which it is usually known, and the value thereof need not be alleged unless such allegation is necessary to charge the offense.(d) Describing Instruments or Plates. An indictment or information charging an unlawful engraving or the making of any material upon which the whole or any part of any instrument is engraved or printed may describe the instrument, plate, paper, or other material by the name or designation by which it is usually known.(e) Describing Money or Notes. An indictment or information making an allegation as to any money or note issued by any bank or under any law of the United States may describe such money or note as 'money' without specifying any particular money or note.(f) Intent to Injure, Cheat, or Defraud. An indictment or information charging an offense, a necessary element of which is an intent to injure, cheat, or defraud, may allege that the defendant did an act with such an intent without naming the particular person or persons intended to be injured, cheated, or defrauded.(g) Principal and Aider Liability. An indictment or information need not allege whether the defendant is being charged as a principal or as an accessory.(h) Alternative Counts. An indictment or information charging different offenses in the alternative shall state that the offense charged in the later count is charged in the alternative to the offense charged in the specified earlier count.Adopted June 13, 1979, eff. 1/1/1980. Amended Jan. 28, 2002, eff. 1/1/2003.Committee Note - 1979
Paragraph (a) is substantially the same as prior Rule 24.07.
Paragraph (b) is substantially the same as prior Rule 24.06.
Paragraph (c) is substantially the same as the first sentence of prior Rule 24.08.
Paragraph (d) is substantially the same as the second sentence of prior Rule 24.08.
The source of paragraph (e) is prior Rule 24.09.
The source of paragraph (f) is Section 545.170, RSMo 1978.