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Effective – 28 Aug 1939

546.040. Issues of fact to be tried by jury. — All issues of fact in any criminal cause shall be tried by a jury, to be selected, summoned and returned in a manner prescribed by law.

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(RSMo 1939 § 4051)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3662; 1919 § 4005; 1909 § 5212

CROSS REFERENCE:

Defendant may waive trial by jury, when, Const. Art. I § 22(a)