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MO Rev Stat § 546.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.265 - Criminal activity reporting to crime stoppers organization, privileged communication not subject to disclosure — in camera inspection permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   546.265. Criminal activity reporting to crime stoppers organization, privileged communication not subject to disclosure — in camera inspection permitted, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "Crime stoppers organization", a private, not-for-profit organization that collects and expends donations for rewards to persons who report to the organization information concerning criminal activity and that forwards such information to appropriate law enforcement agencies;  (2) "Privileged communication", information by an anonymous person to a crime stoppers organization for the purpose of reporting alleged criminal activity.  2. No person shall be required to disclose, by way of testimony or otherwise, a privileged communication between a person who submits a report of alleged criminal activity to a crime stoppers organization and the person who accepts the report on behalf of a crime stoppers organization or to produce, under subpoena, any records, documentary evidence, opinions, or decisions relating to such privileged communication:  (1) In connection with any criminal case or proceeding; or  (2) By way of any discovery procedure.  3. Any person arrested or charged with a criminal offense may petition the court for an in camera inspection of the records of a privileged communication concerning the report such person made to a crime stoppers organization. The petition shall allege facts showing that such records would provide evidence favorable to the defendant and relevant to the issue of guilt or punishment. If the court determines that the person is entitled to all or any part of such records, the court may order production and disclosure as the court deems appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 546.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.280 - Defendant may be discharged to testify for state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.280. Defendant may be discharged to testify for state. — When two or more persons shall be jointly indicted or prosecuted, the court may, at any time before the defendants have gone into their defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he may be a witness for the state. A defendant shall, also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him on his defense, at any time before the evidence is closed, be discharged by the court for the purpose of giving his testimony for a codefendant. The order of discharge shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4080)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3691; 1919 § 4035; 1909 § 5241  CROSS REFERENCE:  Persons convicted of crime competent witnesses, 491.050  (1968) This section does not prevent codefendant from testifying for state after the charge against him has been disposed of by plea of guilty and before sentencing. Irregularity of asking status of witness' case in hearing of jury not prejudiced in this case. State v. Blevins (Mo.), 427 S.W.2d 367.
MO Rev Stat § 546.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.300 - Existence of corporation, how proved.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.300. Existence of corporation, how proved. — If on the trial or other proceeding in a criminal cause, the existence, constitution or powers of any banking company or corporation, shall become material, or be in any way drawn in question, it shall not be necessary to produce a certified copy of the charter or act of incorporation, but the same may be proved by general reputation, or by the printed statute book of the state, government or country by which such corporation was created. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4077)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3688; 1919 § 4032; 1909 § 5238  (1954) Existence of banking corporation held shown by evidence of its general reputation, by testimony of its cashier and by testimony of a lawyer from his investigation of the records. State v. Weed (Mo.), 271 S.W.2d 557.
MO Rev Stat § 546.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.360 - Defense of former jeopardy may be proved, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.360. Defense of former jeopardy may be proved, when. — In all criminal cases, where the defendant is charged with any offense against the laws of this state, the fact of the former acquittal or conviction of such defendant of such offense may be shown under the general issue or plea of not guilty. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4053)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3664; 1919 § 4007
MO Rev Stat § 546.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.370 - Exceptions may be taken as in civil cases.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.370. Exceptions may be taken as in civil cases. — On the trial of any indictment or prosecution for a criminal offense, exceptions to any decisions of the court may be made in the same cases and manner provided by law in all civil cases; and bills of exceptions shall be settled, signed, sealed and filed as now allowed by law in civil actions, and the same proceedings may be had to compel or procure the signing and sealing of such bills, and the return thereof, as in civil cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4084)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3695; 1919 § 4039; 1909 § 5245  CROSS REFERENCES:  Appeals in criminal cases, when granted, 547.070, 547.090  Assignment of error or joinder in crime not necessary in appeal or writ of error, 547.270  (1951) Where purported transcript of record did not contain certificate showing it to have been agreed to and allowed as a bill of exceptions nor was it shown to have been agreed to as required by § 512.110 and rules 1.31 and 1.34 of supreme court, review on appeal would be limited to record proper. State v. Bird (Mo.), 242 S.W.2d 576.
MO Rev Stat § 546.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.380 - Court not to charge, but may instruct jury.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.380. Court not to charge, but may instruct jury. — The court shall not, on the trial of the issue in any criminal case, sum up or comment upon the evidence, or charge the jury as to matter of fact, unless requested to so do by the prosecuting attorney and the defendant or his counsel; but the court may instruct the jury in writing on any point of law arising in the cause. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4083)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3694; 1919 § 4038; 1909 § 5244  (1954) Where judge, after jury began deliberations, pointed out expense of trial and desirability of reaching verdict and told them they should respect opinions of others and attempt to arrive at a verdict while adhering to instructions, there was no error. State v. Roberts (Mo.), 272 S.W.2d 190. (1956) An inquiry as to how a jury stands numerically after it has deliberated two hours is not coercive per se but whether it is coercive must be determined on the record of what was said and done at the time. State v. Baker (Mo.), 293 S.W.2d 900. (1956) Statement by court in ruling objection in presence of jury, to the effect that drunkenness of prosecuting witness constituted no defense in robbery case held not prejudicial error. State v. Swiney (Mo.), 296 S.W.2d 104. (1957) Remarks of court held not comment on evidence. State v. Moore (Mo.), 303 S.W.2d 60. (1958) In robbery prosecution where defendant was accused of giving signal to confederates by lighting match and where witnesses testified they did not see cigarette in defendant's hand, comment by judge that as matter of law evidence was that defendant did not have cigarette held unwarranted and erroneous. State v. Fields (Mo.), 314 S.W.2d 723. (1959) Statement by court on voir dire examination that information charged two prior convictions, although information charged only one, held not prejudicial in case where defendant testified on direct examination that he entered pleas of guilty to other offenses. State v. Rose (Mo.), 325 S.W.2d 485. (1960) Instruction not requested by defendant, limiting jury's consideration of any other offense participated in by defendant to sole purpose of shedding light upon identification and presence of defendant at the time of shooting of deceased was cautionary instruction for benefit of defendant and not improper. Use of word "alibi" in another instruction was not prejudicial. State v. Griffin (Mo.), 336 S.W.2d 364. (1964) Statement by court to jury after it had retired and in answer to a question relating to time defendant would serve if given life sentence and whether or not defendant could be paroled constituted prejudicial error. State v. Cornett (Mo.), 381 S.W.2d 878.
MO Rev Stat § 546.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.390 - Verdict of jury, how rendered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.390. Verdict of jury, how rendered. — When the jury have agreed upon a verdict, they must be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge. If they all appear, their verdict must be rendered in open court. If any shall fail to appear, the rest must be discharged without giving a verdict, and the cause must be tried again at the same or next term, as in the case of a failure of the jury to agree upon a verdict. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4089)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3700; 1919 § 4044; 1909 § 5250  CROSS REFERENCE:  Verdict may be returned on Sunday, 476.250
MO Rev Stat § 546.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.400 - Verdict must show degree of guilt.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.400. Verdict must show degree of guilt. — Upon the trial of any indictment for any offense where by law there may be conviction for different degrees of such offense, the jury, if they convict the defendant of a degree of the offense inferior to the offense alleged in the indictment, shall specify in their verdict of what degree of the offense they find the defendant guilty. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4090)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3701; 1919 § 4045; 1909 § 5251  (1960) In prosecutions for stealing personal property of over fifty dollars in value defendant contending value was less than fifty dollars, the court instructed the jury to fix the punishment in accordance with the way they found the value of the property and the verdict finding the defendant "guilty of stealing and assess his punishment at two and one-half years in the Missouri department of corrections" was responsive and free from ambiguity as the offense of stealing does not have different degrees but different penalties. State v. McCarthy (Mo.), 336 S.W.2d 411.
MO Rev Stat § 546.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.540 - Confinement of insane persons, costs paid, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   546.540. Confinement of insane persons, costs paid, how. — The sheriff or other officer having the custody of persons committed to the director of the department of mental health as provided in section 552.040 shall, if he deems it necessary to their safe custody, confine them to the county jail until they shall be removed to a state hospital. If all things needful be not otherwise supplied, he shall furnish them, and, in such cases, the supplies for the indigent shall be paid for by the proper county commissions out of the county treasuries; and supplies for others than the indigent shall be repaid out of their estates, and may be recovered by suit in the name of such officer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9351, A.L. 1965 p. 331)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8658; 1919 § 12301; 1909 § 1433
MO Rev Stat § 546.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.550 - Presence of prisoner at rendition of judgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.550. Presence of prisoner at rendition of judgment. — For the purpose of judgment, if the conviction be for an offense punishable by imprisonment, or imprisonment be assessed as punishment by the jury, the defendant must be personally present; if for a fine only, he must be personally present, or some responsible person must undertake for him to pay the judgment and costs; judgment may then be rendered in his absence. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4100)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3711; 1919 § 4055; 1909 § 5261
MO Rev Stat § 546.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.560 - Presence of prisoner in court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.560. Presence of prisoner in court. — If the defendant is in custody, he must be brought before the court for judgment; if he is not present when his personal attendance is necessary, the court may order the clerk to issue a warrant for his arrest, which may be served in any county in the state, as a warrant of arrest in other cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4101)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3712; 1919 § 4056; 1909 § 5262  (1956) Where defendant is heard on motion for new trial, failure of record to show allocution is not error. State v. Juvenile Defendants (A.), 291 S.W.2d 628. (1967) Right of allocution is applicable only after conviction upon trial by jury. State v. McClanahan (Mo.), 418 S.W.2d 71.
MO Rev Stat § 546.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.570 - Hearing before sentence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.570. Hearing before sentence. — When the defendant appears for judgment, he must be informed by the court of the verdict of the jury, and asked whether he has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him; and if no such sufficient cause be shown against it, the court must render the proper judgment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4102)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3713; 1919 § 4057; 1909 § 5263
MO Rev Stat § 546.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.580 - Section 546.570 deemed directory, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.580. Section 546.570 deemed directory, when. — If the defendant has been heard on a motion for a new trial, or in arrest of judgment, and in all cases of misdemeanor, the requirements of section 546.570 shall be deemed directory, and the omission to comply with it shall not invalidate the judgment or sentence of the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4103)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3714; 1919 § 4058; 1909 § 5264  (1952) Where record showed motion for new trial filed and overruled but failed to show allocution, sentence and judgment, appeal was premature and cause must be remanded. State v. Bledsoe (Mo.), 249 S.W.2d 457; (1952) State v. Skaggs (Mo.), 248 S.W.2d 635. (1967) This section is mandatory and court has no power to impose concurrent sentences. State v. McClanahan (Mo.), 418 S.W.2d 71.
MO Rev Stat § 546.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.590 - Judgment to be entered by clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.590. Judgment to be entered by clerk. — Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which such conviction shall have been had, and the court shall inspect such entries and conform them to the facts; but the omission of this duty, either by the clerk or judge, shall in nowise affect or impair the validity of the judgment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4104)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3715; 1919 § 4059; 1909 § 5265
MO Rev Stat § 546.595 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.595 - Associate circuit judge to file statement with certain officers if no appeal — collection of fines.

Effective - 01 Jan 1987   546.595. Associate circuit judge to file statement with certain officers if no appeal — collection of fines. — It shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge before whom any conviction may be had under this chapter, if there be no appeal, to make out and certify, and within ten days after the date of the judgment, deliver to the treasurer of the county and clerk of the county commission each a statement of the case, the amount of the fine and return day of the execution, and the name of the officer charged with the collection thereof; and the county treasurer shall charge the officer with the amount of such fine, and unless the same be paid into the county treasury on or before the return day of the execution, the county commission shall, at their next term, ten days' notice being given to the officer in default and his sureties, render an account stated against them for the amount due, and twenty percent thereon, making, however, proper deductions for insolvencies; on which account stated suit may be maintained and when collected, the proceeds paid in the county treasury. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al.)  Effective 1-01-87
MO Rev Stat § 546.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.600 - Copy of judgment of conviction to sheriff.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.600. Copy of judgment of conviction to sheriff. — Whenever a sentence of imprisonment in a county jail shall be pronounced upon any person convicted of any offense, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as may be, make out and deliver to the sheriff of the county a transcript of the entry of such conviction, and of the sentence thereupon, duly certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient authority to such sheriff to execute such sentence, and he shall execute the same accordingly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4105)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3716; 1919 § 4060; 1909 § 5266  CROSS REFERENCE:  Appeal or writ of error not to act as stay of execution, exceptions, 547.130 to 547.190, 547.330
MO Rev Stat § 546.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.610 - Copy of commitment to sheriff — prisoner, how and where delivered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   546.610. Copy of commitment to sheriff — prisoner, how and where delivered. — When any offender shall be committed to the department of corrections the clerk of the court in which the sentence was passed shall forthwith deliver a certified copy thereof to the sheriff of the county, who shall, without delay, either in person or by a general and usual deputy, cause such offender to be transported to a place designated by the director of the department of corrections and delivered to the chief administrative officer thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4106, A.L. 1971 S.B. 293, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3717; 1919 § 4061; 1909 § 5267  CROSS REFERENCE:  Commitments to state penal institutions, how made, 217.305
MO Rev Stat § 546.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.620 - Power of sheriff to summon aid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.620. Power of sheriff to summon aid. — Such sheriff or deputy, while conveying a convict to the penitentiary, shall have the same power and like authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this state in securing such convict, and retaking him if he shall escape, as if such sheriff or deputy were in the county in which he is such officer; and all persons who shall neglect or refuse to assist such sheriff or deputy, when required, shall be liable to the same penalties as if such officer were in his own county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4107)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3718; 1919 § 4062; 1909 § 5268
MO Rev Stat § 546.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.650 - Court may require security to keep the peace.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.650. Court may require security to keep the peace. — The court before which any person shall be convicted of any criminal offense shall have power, in addition to the sentence prescribed or authorized by law, to require such person to give security to keep the peace or be of good behavior, or both, for a term not exceeding two years, or to stand committed until such security be given. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4097)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3708; 1919 § 4052; 1909 § 5258
MO Rev Stat § 546.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.660 - Section 546.650 construed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.660. Section 546.650 construed. — Section 546.650 shall not extend to convictions for writing or publishing any libel; nor shall any such security be hereafter required by any court upon any complaint, prosecution or conviction for any such writing or publishing. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4098)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3709; 1919 § 4053; 1909 § 5259
MO Rev Stat § 546.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.670 - Recognizance, when broken.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.670. Recognizance, when broken. — No recognizance given under the provisions of section 546.650 shall be deemed to be broken, unless the principal therein be convicted of some offense amounting, in judgment of law, to a breach of such recognizance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4099)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3710; 1919 § 4054; 1909 § 5260
MO Rev Stat § 546.680 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.680 - Capital cases, duty of court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   546.680. Capital cases, duty of court. — When judgment of death is rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction, a warrant signed by the judge and attested by the clerk under the seal of the court must be drawn and delivered to the sheriff. It must state the conviction and judgment and appoint a day on which the judgment must be executed, which must not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of judgment, and must direct the sheriff to deliver the defendant, at a time specified in said order, not more than ten days from the date of judgment, to the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility of the department of corrections, for execution. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4108, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3719; 1919 § 4063; 1909 § 5269
MO Rev Stat § 546.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases|Section 546.690 - Statement of conviction and judgment to governor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   546.690. Statement of conviction and judgment to governor. — The judge of a court at which a conviction is had must, immediately after the conviction, transmit to the governor of the state, by mail or otherwise, a statement of the conviction and judgment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4109)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Pardons, governor's powers, conditions and restrictions, 217.800