545.230. Indictment by wrong name. - Missouri Statutes

Indictment by wrong name.

545.230. If a defendant be indicted by the wrong name,unless he declare his true name before pleading, he shall beproceeded against by the name in the indictment. If he allegethat another name is his true name, it must be entered in theminutes of the court; and after such entry, the trial and allother proceedings on the indictment shall be had against him bythat name, referring also to the name by which he is indicted, inthe same manner, in all respects, and with the same consequencesas if he had been indicted by his true name.

(RSMo 1939 § 3950)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3561; 1919 § 3906; 1909 § 5113

(1964) Court erred in sustaining motion to dismiss information on ground that name in information was fictitious where name used was alter ego of corporation and no claim was made that defendant was not the person informed against. City of St. Louis v. Capital Vending Co. (A.), 374 S.W.2d 519.