Section 3 Restructuring of Criminal Offenses

• Library: Missouri Criminal Practice Revision - Drug and Alcohol Offenses 2014

A number of offenses in the Original Code merely state that it is unlawful to engage in certain acts. Many of these offenses were restructured in the Revised Code so the statute first sets out the name of the offense, then lists the elements of the offense, and, lastly, provides the penalty for a violation of the offense. In some statutes in which no mens rea was provided, a...