Title XXXVII, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
13 chapters · 441 sections in this title.
§ 541.010 RSMo Code applicable, when and where
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541.010. Code applicable, when and where. — The provisions of this code applicable to circuit judges shall also be applicable to any other judges of the circuit court in all criminal cases when no other or different provision is made by law for the government and control of such …
§ 541.015 RSMo Jurisdiction of associate circuit judges
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541.015. Jurisdiction of associate circuit judges. — Associate circuit judges may hear and determine originally, with circuit judges, coextensive with their respective counties, all cases of misdemeanor and infractions as otherwise provided by law. -------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634) …
§ 541.020 RSMo Jurisdiction of circuit courts
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541.020. Jurisdiction of circuit courts. — Except as otherwise provided by law, the circuit courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions. Except as otherwise provided by law, circuit judges may hear and determine originally…
§ 541.033 RSMo Offenses, where prosecuted
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541.033. Offenses, where prosecuted. — 1. Persons accused of committing offenses against the laws of this state, except as may be otherwise provided by law, shall be prosecuted: (1) In the county in which the offense is committed; or (2) If the offense is committed partly in one …
§ 541.035 RSMo Failure to file reports required by law, where prosecuted
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541.035. Failure to file reports required by law, where prosecuted. — Offenses for failure or refusal to comply with any law requiring a report to be filed or made in or to the state of Missouri, or any department or officer thereof, shall be held to be committed in the county of…
§ 541.040 RSMo Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction
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541.040. Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction. — Every person who shall steal, or obtain by robbery, the property of another from any other state or country, and shall bring the same into this state, may be convicted and punished for stealing or robber…
§ 541.050 RSMo Stealing — prior trial in other state a bar
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541.050. Stealing — prior trial in other state a bar. — Every person prosecuted under section 541.040 may plead a former conviction or acquittal for the same offense in another state or country, and if such plea be admitted or established, it shall be a bar to any other or furthe…
§ 541.060 RSMo Receipt of stolen or embezzled property — trial, where held
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541.060. Receipt of stolen or embezzled property — trial, where held. — When any person shall be liable to prosecution as the receiver of any personal property that shall have been feloniously stolen, taken or embezzled, he may be indicated, tried and convicted in any county wher…
§ 541.070 RSMo Property stolen in one county taken to another, jurisdiction — wrongfully taken, defined
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541.070. Property stolen in one county taken to another, jurisdiction — wrongfully taken, defined. — 1. When property is stolen or wrongfully taken the offender may be prosecuted for any offense in connection with such property in the county from which the property was obtained o…
§ 541.080 RSMo Party wounded in one county and dying in another
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541.080. Party wounded in one county and dying in another. — When any mortal wound shall be given, or any poison shall be administered, or any means shall be employed in one county by which any human being shall be killed, who shall die thereof in another county, an indictment fo…
§ 541.090 RSMo Party wounded in this state and dying in another
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541.090. Party wounded in this state and dying in another. — If any such wound or mortal injury shall be inflicted on any human being in this state, who shall die thereof in another state, an indictment may be found, and a trial and conviction thereon had, in the county in which …
§ 541.100 RSMo Wounded in another state and dying in this
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541.100. Wounded in another state and dying in this. — If any such wound or mortal injury shall have been inflicted in another state on any human being who shall die thereof within this state, an indictment may be found and a trial and conviction thereon had, in the county in whi…
§ 541.110 RSMo Accessory to felony, where indicted
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541.110. Accessory to felony, where indicted. — An indictment against an accessory to any felony may be found in any county where the offense of such accessory shall have been committed, notwithstanding the principal offense may have been committed in another county; and the like…
§ 541.120 RSMo Prosecution in wrong county — duty of court
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541.120. Prosecution in wrong county — duty of court. — When it appears at any time before verdict or judgment that the defendant is prosecuted in a county not having jurisdiction of the offense, the court may order that all the papers and proceedings be certified and transmitted…
§ 541.130 RSMo Jury discharged without prejudice, when
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541.130. Jury discharged without prejudice, when. — When a jury has been impaneled in the case contemplated in section 541.120, such jury shall be discharged without prejudice to the prosecution. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 3775) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3385; 1919 § 3730; 1909 § 4941…
§ 541.140 RSMo Prisoner to be removed to proper county
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541.140. Prisoner to be removed to proper county. — If the defendant be in actual custody or confinement, the body of the defendant shall be removed to the jail of the proper county, in like manner and with like effect, in all respects, as in cases of change of venue. -------- …
§ 541.150 RSMo Change in venue law applicable
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541.150. Change in venue law applicable. — The provisions of law relating to changes of venue shall, in all respects, as far as they may be applicable, govern in cases provided in sections 541.120 to 541.140; and the defendant, officers and witnesses shall be subject to the same …
§ 541.155 RSMo Fraudulent use of a credit device, where prosecuted
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541.155. Fraudulent use of a credit device, where prosecuted. — Any person charged with fraudulent use of a credit device, or any stealing offense in which another person's credit card number, check, or checking account number was fraudulently used for the purpose of obtaining pr…
§ 541.160 RSMo Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Missouri)
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541.160. Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Missouri). — Where the St. Francis River or the meanderings of said river border on or form the boundary line between any counties in the state of Arkansas and the state of Missouri, the state of Missouri shall have concurr…
§ 541.170 RSMo Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Arkansas)
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541.170. Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Arkansas). — Wherever the St. Francis River or the meanderings of said river border on or form the boundary lines between any county in the state of Missouri and the state of Arkansas, the state of Arkansas shall have concu…
§ 541.180 RSMo Missouri and Arkansas to have concurrent jurisdiction
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541.180. Missouri and Arkansas to have concurrent jurisdiction. — The state of Missouri and the state of Arkansas shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all violations of the criminal laws of said states embraced within the provisions of sections 541.160 and 541.170. -------- …
§ 541.191 RSMo State has jurisdiction over offenses if element of offense or result occurs in state — body of homicide victim found in state, presumption death occurred in state
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541.191. State has jurisdiction over offenses if element of offense or result occurs in state — body of homicide victim found in state, presumption death occurred in state. — 1. This state has jurisdiction over an offense that a person commits by his own conduct or the conduct of…