546.090. Court may amend record, when--clerk to certify corrections.
Court may amend record, when--clerk to certify corrections.
546.090. Upon the trial of any indictment or information thecourt may at any stage of the proceeding, in furtherance ofjustice, amend or supply any pleading, writ, process, entry,return or other proceedings; and the court in which theindictment was found, or the information filed, or in which thetrial is had, may at any time before final disposition of thecause, either in such court or the court to which the same mayhave been appealed, and, whether at the same or different term ofcourt, amend or supply any record in accordance with the fact.If the same be pending on appeal at the time any such record isamended or supplied, the part thereof so amended or suppliedshall be immediately certified to the appellate court by theclerk of such trial court.
(RSMo 1939 § 3954)Prior revision: 1929 § 3565
(1953) Reference in argument by state's attorney to defendant as "spook" and "burglar" held not error where court admonished jury that there was no justification for the statement and directed that it be stricken and disregarded entirely. State v. Rousslang (Mo.), 258 S.W.2d 627.