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Section 547.180 – Condition of recognizance — felony cases.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.180. Condition of recognizance — felony cases. — The recognizance shall, in case of felonies not excepted in section 547.170, be conditioned that the defendant shall appear in the supreme court at the next term thereof, to receive judgment on the appeal or writ of error, and in the court […]

Section 547.190 – Recognizance on appeal — misdemeanor cases.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.190. Recognizance on appeal — misdemeanor cases. — Where an appeal or writ of error is prosecuted from a judgment in case of misdemeanor, or in case the appeal is taken by the state, the recognizance shall be conditioned that the defendant shall appear in the court in which the […]

Section 547.200 – Appeal by state.

Effective – 28 Aug 1997 547.200. Appeal by state. — 1. An appeal may be taken by the state through the prosecuting or circuit attorney from any order or judgment the substantive effect of which results in: (1) Quashing an arrest warrant; (2) A determination by the court that the accused lacks the mental capacity […]

Section 547.120 – Transcript prepared by appellant, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.120. Transcript prepared by appellant, when. — When the appeal or writ of error does not operate as a stay of proceedings, such transcript shall be made out, certified and returned, on the application of the appellant or plaintiff in error, as in civil cases, except that the costs of […]

Section 547.130 – Stay of execution, when — exceptions.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.130. Stay of execution, when — exceptions. — No such appeal or writ shall stay or delay the execution of such judgment or sentence, except in capital cases, unless the supreme court, or a judge thereof, or the court in which the judgment was rendered, or the judge of such […]

Section 547.037 – Motion for release filed, when, procedure.

Effective – 28 Aug 2001 547.037. Motion for release filed, when, procedure. — 1. If testing ordered pursuant to section 547.035 demonstrates a person’s innocence of the crime for which the person is in custody, a motion for release may be filed in the sentencing court. 2. The court shall issue to the prosecutor an […]

Section 547.040 – Motion in arrest of judgment — abolished.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.040. Motion in arrest of judgment — abolished. — The motion in arrest of judgment is hereby abolished, and hereafter all the rights which heretofore could have been saved by the defendants in a motion in arrest, and which have not been waived by failure to make timely objections, may […]

Section 547.050 – Court of its own motion may arrest judgment.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.050. Court of its own motion may arrest judgment. — Judgment shall be arrested or set aside whenever it shall be made to appear to the court that the grand jury which found the indictment had no legal authority to inquire into the offense charged; or that the facts stated […]