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MO Rev Stat § 540.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.160 - Grand jury entitled to process — exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.160. Grand jury entitled to process — exception. — Whenever thereto required by any grand jury, or the foreperson thereof, or by the prosecuting or circuit attorney, the clerk of the court in which such jury is impaneled shall issue subpoenas and other process to bring witnesses to testify before such grand jury. After the finding and returning of any indictment by the grand jury, such foreperson, prosecuting or circuit attorney, or jury, shall not have the right to cause any subpoena or other process to be issued for any person who is known or believed by such foreperson, prosecuting or circuit attorney or jury to be a witness in behalf of the person or persons so indicted, or who has been subpoenaed as a witness in behalf of such person or persons, or who such foreperson, prosecuting or circuit attorney or jury may have reason to believe will be summoned as a witness in behalf of such person or persons, in regard to the matter or matters charged against such person or persons in such indictment, except upon the written order of the judge of the court into which such indictment is returned. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3914, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3525; 1919 § 3870; 1909 § 5078  (1953) Subpoena issued by court at request of prosecuting attorney, requiring production of records before grand jury and returnable at time grand jury was not in session and at time when matters affected by such records were not under grand jury investigation, was void both under the statutes and constitution of this state. State ex rel. Burke v. Scott, 364 Mo. 443, 262 S.W.2d 614.
MO Rev Stat § 540.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.170 - Subpoenas in vacation, when issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.170. Subpoenas in vacation, when issued. — It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk to issue subpoenas for witnesses to be and appear before the grand jury of the circuit court thereafter, at the instance of the prosecuting or circuit attorney, whenever it shall be shown that such witnesses are about to absent themselves to avoid being subpoenaed before the grand jury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3934, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3545; 1919 § 3890; 1909 § 5098
MO Rev Stat § 540.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.180 - Compulsory process, when issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   540.180. Compulsory process, when issued. — If any witness, duly summoned to appear and testify before a grand jury, shall fail or refuse to obey, the court shall cause compulsory process to be issued to enforce his attendance, and may punish the delinquent in the same manner and upon like proceedings as provided by law for disobedience of a subpoena issued out of such court in other cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3915)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3526; 1919 § 3871; 1909 § 5079
MO Rev Stat § 540.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.190 - Refusal to testify — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.190. Refusal to testify — proceedings. — If any witness, appearing before a grand jury, refuses to testify or to answer any interrogatories in the course of his examination, the fact and the question refused shall be communicated to the court in writing. The court shall thereupon determine whether the witness is bound to answer or not, and the grand jury shall be immediately informed of the decision. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3916, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3527; 1919 § 3872; 1909 § 5080
MO Rev Stat § 540.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.200 - Witness may be compelled to testify.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.200. Witness may be compelled to testify. — If the court determines that the witness is bound to answer, and he persists in his refusal, he shall be brought before the court, who shall proceed therein in the same manner as if the witness had been interrogated and refused to answer in open court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3917, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3528; 1919 § 3873; 1909 § 5081  (1961) Procedure in cases where witness refuses to answer questions of grand jury outlined. In re Presta v. Owsley (A.), 345 S.W.2d 649.
MO Rev Stat § 540.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.210 - Continued refusal to testify — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.210. Continued refusal to testify — proceedings. — If any such witness shall be committed for a contempt, on account of his refusal to testify, and shall persist in such refusal until the grand jury is dismissed, or until the expiration of his imprisonment, he shall not be discharged without leave of court and until he enters into a recognizance, with sufficient surety, for his appearance at such time as designated by the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3918, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3529; 1919 § 3874; 1909 § 5082
MO Rev Stat § 540.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.220 - Grand juror as witness, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   540.220. Grand juror as witness, when. — If a grand juror knows of the commission of an indictable offense, or any material fact touching the same, he must declare such fact to his fellows, and be sworn as a witness upon the investigation before them. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3930)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3541; 1919 § 3886; 1909 § 5094
MO Rev Stat § 540.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.230 - Indictment of grand juror — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.230. Indictment of grand juror — proceedings. — Any grand juror may be indicted or presented by the grand jury of which he is a member. When any information shall be given against a grand juror, it shall be the duty of the foreperson at once to notify the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the fact. If, on examination, there are grounds for proceedings against such juror, the foreperson shall inform the judge of the court thereof, who shall discharge the juror, and if necessary, cause another to be summoned and sworn. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3919, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3530; 1919 § 3875; 1909 § 5083
MO Rev Stat § 540.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.240 - Bills of indictment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   540.240. Bills of indictment. — All grand juries are hereby authorized to find and present bills of indictment for either felonies or misdemeanors committed against the laws of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3908)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3519; 1919 § 3864; 1909 § 5072
MO Rev Stat § 540.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.250 - True bill — concurrence by nine grand jurors.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.250. True bill — concurrence by nine grand jurors. — No indictment can be found without the concurrence of at least nine grand jurors. When so found, and not otherwise, the foreperson of the grand jury shall certify under his hand that such indictment is a true bill, by the following endorsement thereon, thus: "A true bill. A B, foreperson". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3926, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3537; 1919 § 3882; 1909 § 5090
MO Rev Stat § 540.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.260 - Indictment not a true bill, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.260. Indictment not a true bill, when. — When there is not a concurrence of nine grand jurors in finding an indictment, the foreperson shall certify, under his hand, that such an indictment is not a true bill. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3927, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3538; 1919 § 3883; 1909 § 5091
MO Rev Stat § 540.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.270 - Indictments — presented to court — filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.270. Indictments — presented to court — filed. — Indictments found and presentments made by a grand jury shall be presented by their foreperson, in their presence, to the court, and shall be there filed and remain as records of such court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3928, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3539; 1919 § 3884; 1909 § 5092
MO Rev Stat § 540.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.300 - Grand jurors required to testify, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.300. Grand jurors required to testify, when. — Members of the grand jury may be required by any court to testify whether the testimony of a witness examined before such jury is consistent with or different from the evidence given by such witness before such court. They may also be required to disclose the testimony given before them by any person, upon a complaint against such person for perjury, or upon his trial for such offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3922, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3533; 1919 § 3878; 1909 § 5086
MO Rev Stat § 540.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.310 - Cannot be compelled to disclose vote.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   540.310. Cannot be compelled to disclose vote. — No member of a grand jury shall be obliged or allowed to testify or declare in what manner he or any other member of the grand jury voted on any question before them, or what opinions were expressed by any juror in relation to any such question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3923)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3534; 1919 § 3879; 1909 § 5087
MO Rev Stat § 540.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.320 - Grand juror not to disclose evidence — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.320. Grand juror not to disclose evidence — penalty. — No grand juror shall disclose any evidence given before the grand jury, nor the name of any witness who appeared before them, except when lawfully required to testify as a witness in relation thereto; nor shall he disclose the fact of any indictment having been found against any person for a felony, not in actual confinement, until the defendant shall have been arrested thereon. Any juror violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3924, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3535; 1919 § 3880; 1909 § 5088  (1959) Proceedings before grand jury, other than matters within antidisclosure provisions of section 540.310, held admissible in evidence in quo warranto proceeding to oust prosecuting attorney. State ex inf. Dalton v. Moody (Mo.), 325 S.W.2d 21.
MO Rev Stat § 540.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.330 - Charge to grand jury.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   540.330. Charge to grand jury. — In charging grand juries, the court shall apprise them of the provisions of sections 540.300 to 540.320, in relation to disclosures, and in what cases and under what circumstances any disclosures may or may not be made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3925)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3536; 1919 § 3881; 1909 § 5089
MO Rev Stat § 540.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 540 - Grand Juries and Their Proceedings|Section 540.331 - Lists of tangible personal property — authority of grand jury (first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   540.331. Lists of tangible personal property — authority of grand jury (first class counties). — The circuit judge exercising criminal jurisdiction shall give the lists prepared in accordance with section 137.155 or 137.360, in charge of the grand jury, who shall have the authority to examine such list of property with a view of inquiring into the correctness of such list. No such list shall be altered, changed or amended after it is filed with the county clerk, except by order of the county commission. Any person who alters, changes or amends any such list without such order shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Every county clerk or deputy county clerk who shall knowingly permit any such list to be altered, changed or amended without such order shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered by suit upon his official bond. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al. § 540.330)
MO Rev Stat § 541.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.010 - Code applicable, when and where.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   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 judges. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4158, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3768; 1919 § 4114; 1909 § 5319  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 541.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.015 - Jurisdiction of associate circuit judges.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   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)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 541.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.020 - Jurisdiction of circuit courts.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   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 all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions and may hear and determine upon a trial de novo cases of misdemeanor and infractions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3891, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3501; 1919 § 3846; 1909 § 5054  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 541.033 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.033 - Offenses, where prosecuted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   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 county and partly in another, or if the elements of the crime occur in more than one county, then in any of the counties where any element of the offense occurred.  2. Persons accused of committing the offenses of identity theft against the laws of this state in sections 570.223, 570.224, and 575.120 shall be prosecuted:  (1) In the county in which the offense is committed;  (2) If the offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another, or if the elements of the offense occur in more than one county, then in any of the counties where any element of the offense occurred;  (3) In the county in which the victim resides; or  (4) In the county in which the property obtained or attempted to be obtained was located. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 661 § 1, A.L. 2004 H.B. 959)
MO Rev Stat § 541.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.035 - Failure to file reports required by law, where prosecuted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   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 the residence of the person failing or refusing to file or make such report, except where the person shall reside without the state of Missouri, in which event the unlawful act is deemed to have been committed in the county wherein the report is required by law to be filed. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 388 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 541.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.040 - Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   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 robbery in the same manner as if the property had been feloniously stolen or taken in this state, and in any such case the stealing or robbery may be charged to have been committed, and every such person may be prosecuted in any county into or through which such stolen property shall be brought. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4837, A.L. 1955 p. 515)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4444; 1919 § 3685; 1909 § 4896  (1957) Information charging that larceny occurred in the county into which the property was brought even though property was stolen in another state, held sufficient under this section. State v. Dobson (Mo.), 303 S.W.2d 650; cert. den. 355 U.S. 964, 78 S.Ct. 554.
MO Rev Stat § 541.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.050 - Stealing — prior trial in other state a bar.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 further proceedings against such person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4838)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4445; 1919 § 3686; 1909 § 4897
MO Rev Stat § 541.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.060 - Receipt of stolen or embezzled property — trial, where held.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 where he received or had such property, notwithstanding such theft or embezzlement was committed in another county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3768)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3378; 1919 § 3723; 1909 § 4934
MO Rev Stat § 541.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.070 - Property stolen in one county taken to another, jurisdiction — wrongfully taken, defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   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 or in any county into which the property is taken in the same manner as if such offense had been committed in that county.  2. As used in this section, the term "wrongfully taken" means obtained through any trick or deception or the commission of any crime involving stealing, forcibly stealing or depriving the rightful owner of the use of the property of another. This term shall include, but is not limited to, the crimes of robbery, burglary, stealing, tampering, property damage and failure to return leased or rented property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3769, A.L. 1955 p. 514, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3379; 1919 § 3724; 1909 § 4935
MO Rev Stat § 541.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.080 - Party wounded in one county and dying in another.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 for such offense may be found in either county, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, in all respects, as if the offense had been commenced and consummated in the county in which such indictment shall be found. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3770)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3380; 1919 § 3725; 1909 § 4936
MO Rev Stat § 541.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.090 - Party wounded in this state and dying in another.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 the wound or mortal injury was given or inflicted, in all respects as if the death happened in such county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3771)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3381; 1919 § 3726; 1909 § 4937
MO Rev Stat § 541.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.100 - Wounded in another state and dying in this.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 which the death happened, in all respects as if the wound or injury had been inflicted in such county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3772)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3382; 1919 § 3727; 1909 § 4938
MO Rev Stat § 541.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.110 - Accessory to felony, where indicted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   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 proceedings shall be had therein, in all respects, as if the principal offense had been committed in the same county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3773)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3383; 1919 § 3728; 1909 § 4939