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Section 552.060 – Mental disease or defect upon sentence to death.

Effective – 28 Aug 1989 552.060. Mental disease or defect upon sentence to death. — 1. No person condemned to death shall be executed if as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks capacity to understand the nature and purpose of the punishment about to be imposed upon him or matters in extenuation, […]

Section 552.070 – Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons.

Effective – 28 Aug 1963 552.070. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. — In the exercise of his powers under Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Missouri to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, the governor may, in his discretion, appoint a board of inquiry whose duty it shall […]

Section 552.015 – Evidence of mental disease or defect, admissible, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 552.015. Evidence of mental disease or defect, admissible, when. — 1. Evidence that the defendant did or did not suffer mental disease or defect shall not be admissible in a criminal prosecution except as provided in this section. 2. Evidence that the defendant did or did not suffer from a […]

Section 552.020 – Lack of mental capacity bar to trial or conviction — psychiatric examination, when, report of — plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease, supporting pretrial evaluation, conditions of release — commitment to hospital, when — statements of accused inadmissible, when — jury may be impaneled to determine mental fitness.

Effective – 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories 552.020. Lack of mental capacity bar to trial or conviction — psychiatric examination, when, report of — plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease, supporting pretrial evaluation, conditions of release — commitment to hospital, when — statements of accused inadmissible, when — jury may be impaneled […]

Section 552.030 – Mental disease or defect, not guilty plea based on, pretrial investigation — evidence — notice of defense — examination, reports confidential — statements not admissible, exception — presumption of competency — verdict contents — order of commitment to department.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 552.030. Mental disease or defect, not guilty plea based on, pretrial investigation — evidence — notice of defense — examination, reports confidential — statements not admissible, exception — presumption of competency — verdict contents — order of commitment to department. — 1. A person is not responsible for criminal conduct […]

Section 552.040 – Definitions — acquittal based on mental disease or defect, commitment to state hospital required — immediate conditional release — conditional or unconditional release, when — prior commitment, authority to revoke — applications for release, notice, burden of persuasion, criteria — hearings required, when — denial, reapplication — escape, notice — additional criteria for release.

Effective – 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories 552.040. Definitions — acquittal based on mental disease or defect, commitment to state hospital required — immediate conditional release — conditional or unconditional release, when — prior commitment, authority to revoke — applications for release, notice, burden of persuasion, criteria — hearings required, when — denial, reapplication — […]

Section 552.043 – Hearings open to public.

Effective – 28 Aug 1994 552.043. Hearings open to public. — All hearings held pursuant to the provisions of section 552.040 shall be open to the public. ­­——– (L. 1994 S.B. 763)