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Effective – 02 Jan 1979

543.210. Jury — number — selection. — If the case is thereafter tried before an associate circuit judge, the jury shall be composed of twelve persons, unless a less number shall be agreed upon, but not less than six. The selection of the jury and the practice and procedure relative to the jury in a case tried before an associate circuit judge shall be the same as in a case tried before a circuit judge except as otherwise provided herein.

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(RSMo 1939 § 3826, A.L. 1945 p. 750 § 21, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3436; 1919 § 3781; 1909 § 4989

Effective 1-02-79