Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.390. Verdict of jury, how rendered. — When the jury have agreed upon a verdict, they must be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge. If they all appear, their verdict must be rendered in open court. If any shall fail to appear, the rest must be […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.400. Verdict must show degree of guilt. — Upon the trial of any indictment for any offense where by law there may be conviction for different degrees of such offense, the jury, if they convict the defendant of a degree of the offense inferior to the offense alleged in the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 546.540. Confinement of insane persons, costs paid, how. — The sheriff or other officer having the custody of persons committed to the director of the department of mental health as provided in section 552.040 shall, if he deems it necessary to their safe custody, confine them to the county jail […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.550. Presence of prisoner at rendition of judgment. — For the purpose of judgment, if the conviction be for an offense punishable by imprisonment, or imprisonment be assessed as punishment by the jury, the defendant must be personally present; if for a fine only, he must be personally present, or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.560. Presence of prisoner in court. — If the defendant is in custody, he must be brought before the court for judgment; if he is not present when his personal attendance is necessary, the court may order the clerk to issue a warrant for his arrest, which may be served […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.570. Hearing before sentence. — When the defendant appears for judgment, he must be informed by the court of the verdict of the jury, and asked whether he has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him; and if no such sufficient cause be shown […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.580. Section 546.570 deemed directory, when. — If the defendant has been heard on a motion for a new trial, or in arrest of judgment, and in all cases of misdemeanor, the requirements of section 546.570 shall be deemed directory, and the omission to comply with it shall not invalidate […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.590. Judgment to be entered by clerk. — Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which such conviction shall have been had, and the court shall inspect […]
Effective – 01 Jan 1987 546.595. Associate circuit judge to file statement with certain officers if no appeal — collection of fines. — It shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge before whom any conviction may be had under this chapter, if there be no appeal, to make out and certify, and within […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.600. Copy of judgment of conviction to sheriff. — Whenever a sentence of imprisonment in a county jail shall be pronounced upon any person convicted of any offense, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as may be, make out and deliver to the sheriff of the county a […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1990 546.610. Copy of commitment to sheriff — prisoner, how and where delivered. — When any offender shall be committed to the department of corrections the clerk of the court in which the sentence was passed shall forthwith deliver a certified copy thereof to the sheriff of the county, who shall, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.620. Power of sheriff to summon aid. — Such sheriff or deputy, while conveying a convict to the penitentiary, shall have the same power and like authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this state in securing such convict, and retaking him if he shall escape, as if […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.650. Court may require security to keep the peace. — The court before which any person shall be convicted of any criminal offense shall have power, in addition to the sentence prescribed or authorized by law, to require such person to give security to keep the peace or be of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.660. Section 546.650 construed. — Section 546.650 shall not extend to convictions for writing or publishing any libel; nor shall any such security be hereafter required by any court upon any complaint, prosecution or conviction for any such writing or publishing. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4098) Prior revisions: 1929 § […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.670. Recognizance, when broken. — No recognizance given under the provisions of section 546.650 shall be deemed to be broken, unless the principal therein be convicted of some offense amounting, in judgment of law, to a breach of such recognizance. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4099) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3710; […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 546.680. Capital cases, duty of court. — When judgment of death is rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction, a warrant signed by the judge and attested by the clerk under the seal of the court must be drawn and delivered to the sheriff. It must state the conviction and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.690. Statement of conviction and judgment to governor. — The judge of a court at which a conviction is had must, immediately after the conviction, transmit to the governor of the state, by mail or otherwise, a statement of the conviction and judgment. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 4109) CROSS REFERENCE: […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 546.700. Sentence not executed, procedure. — Whenever, for any reason, any convict sentenced to the punishment of death shall not have been executed pursuant to such sentence, and the cause shall stand in full force, the supreme court, or the court of the county in which the conviction was had, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 546.710. Execution warrant issued to the director of department of corrections for execution of offender. — Upon such convicted offender being brought before the court, they shall proceed to inquire into the facts, and if no legal reasons exist against the execution of sentence, such court shall issue a warrant […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2007 546.720. Death penalty — manner of execution — execution team to be selected, members, confidentiality. — 1. The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be by the administration of lethal gas or by means of the administration of lethal injection. And for such purpose the director of the […]
