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35 Missouri Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1978)

handle is hein.sag/sagmo0015 and id is 1 raw text is: JOHN ASHCROFT
Attorney General of Missouri
Box 899
Jeffersori City, Missouri 65101

Note: Copies of opinions will be furnished upon request. Please direct your request to this office to the
attention of the Opinion Clerk giving number of the opinion, name of official who requested same, and the
date of issuance.

VOL. XXXV No. 1

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY:
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE:
No. 40 (Morris)

April 26, 1978
Milton Harper
January 19, 1978

The county prosecuting attorneys are authorized under the law of
this state to exercise discretion in determining whether or not
to prosecute on the basis of a criminal complaint, so long as such
discretion is exercised fairly, in good faith and in accordance
with established principles of law.

ELECTIONS:
GOVERNOR:
/No. 30 (Elbein)

Fred W. DeField
January 27, 1978

Section 17 of Article IV of the Missouri Constitution, limiting
the number of times a person may be elected to the office of i
governor, is applicable to the person who held the office because
of election to such office when such section became effective.

REAL ESTATE COMMISSION:
LICENSES:
No. 23 (Allen)

Thomas M. Keyes
January 30, 1978

The Missouri Real Estate Commission improperly issued broker's
licenses in 1973 and 1974 to persons without requiring them to
successfully pass the real estate broker's examination.

/ PARDONS:
No. 41 (Elliff)

Joseph P. Teasdale
January 30, 1978

The Governor of the State of Missouri may partially pardon an
offender so that the recipient will remain subject to the second
offender provisions contained in Section 556.280, RSMo.

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