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Missouri Criminal Code

2014 Revision

History and Overview

Eric D. Jennings

LeslieAnn O. Korte

Meghan Maskery Luecke

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The Missouri Bar

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Missouri Criminal Code 2014 Revision
History and Overview §_______ (MoBar 2015)

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Preface

Missouri Criminal Code

2014 Revision

History and Overview

In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly passed Senate Bill 491, followed closely by House Bill 1371. The provisions of both bills will take effect January 1, 2017. Both bills were the product of nearly eight years’ worth of labor, inside and outside the legislature. Work on a revision of the Criminal Code was initiated in 2008 by a subcommittee of The Missouri Bar’s Criminal Law Committee. The proposed Revised Code recommended by The Missouri Bar Criminal Code Review Subcommittee served as the foundation for all subsequent legislative efforts.

Legislative consideration of the proposed Revised Code began in 2012, spanned three legislative sessions, and concluded in 2014. This publication, the first in a series of guidebooks on the 2014 Revisions, summarizes those legislative changes, explains their effect and importance...