Section 547.070 – Appeals — when granted.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.070. Appeals — when granted. — In all cases of final judgment rendered upon any indictment or information, an appeal to the proper appellate court shall be allowed to the defendant, provided, defendant or his attorney of record shall during the term at which the judgment is rendered file his […]
Section 547.080 – Writs of error.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.080. Writs of error. — Writs of error upon any such final judgment are writs of right, and, on application therefor, shall issue of course, in vacation as well as in term, out of the court in which by law they may be made returnable. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4131) […]
Section 547.090 – Appeals in felony cases, within what time.
Effective – 28 Aug 1941 547.090. Appeals in felony cases, within what time. — If any person taking an appeal to the supreme court on conviction for a felony, other than those wherein the defendant shall have been sentenced to suffer death, shall fail to perfect the appeal within six months from the time the […]
Section 547.100 – Appeals in misdemeanor cases — procedure.
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 547.100. Appeals in misdemeanor cases — procedure. — If any person taking an appeal from the circuit court on a conviction for a misdemeanor shall fail to perfect the appeal within six months from the time the appeal is granted, the prosecuting attorney may file his motion before the court […]
Section 547.110 – Transcript on appeal prepared by clerk, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.110. Transcript on appeal prepared by clerk, when. — When any appeal shall be taken or writ of error issued, which shall operate as a stay of proceedings, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which the proceedings were had to make out a full […]
Section 547.035 – Postconviction DNA testing for persons in the custody of the department — motion, contents — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 2001 547.035. Postconviction DNA testing for persons in the custody of the department — motion, contents — procedure. — 1. A person in the custody of the department of corrections claiming that forensic DNA testing will demonstrate the person’s innocence of the crime for which the person is in custody may […]
Section 547.010 – New trials.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.010. New trials. — Verdicts may be set aside, and new trials awarded on the application of the defendant. A new trial is a reexamination of the issue in the same court; the former verdict shall not be used or referred to on the subsequent trial, either in the evidence […]
Section 547.020 – New trials — when granted.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.020. New trials — when granted. — The court may grant a new trial for the following causes, or any of them: (1) When the jury has received any evidence, papers or documents, not authorized by the court, or the court has admitted illegal testimony, or excluded competent and legal […]
Section 547.030 – Motion for new trial.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 547.030. Motion for new trial. — The motion for a new trial shall be in writing and must set forth in detail and with particularity, in separate numbered paragraphs, the specific grounds or causes therefor. Such motion shall be filed before judgment and within four days after the return of […]
Section 547.031 – Information of innocence of convicted person — prosecuting or circuit attorney may file to vacate or set aside judgment — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 2021 547.031. Information of innocence of convicted person — prosecuting or circuit attorney may file to vacate or set aside judgment — procedure. — 1. A prosecuting or circuit attorney, in the jurisdiction in which a person was convicted of an offense, may file a motion to vacate or set aside […]