Section 48 Repeat Offender Categories

• Library: Criminal Code Revision History & Overview 2014

Included among the defined terms in the chapter definitions for Chapter 577, RSMo, Public Safety Offenses, are a series of definitions relating to new repeat offender categories for intoxication-related offenses. The new categories of “habitual offender,” § 577.001(10) (amended), and “habitual boating offender,” § 577.001(11) (amended), have been added to the existing series of categories. A habitual offender also qualifies as a dangerous felon, requiring any individual convicted as one to serve 85% of any sentence imposed under § 558.019 (amended). Formerly applicable only to intoxication-related traffic offenses, the entire framework of the repeat-offender categories has been expanded to include intoxication-related boating offenses as well.

Table 10.1

Repeat Offender Categories—Intoxication-Related Offenses
Category	Prior Conduct
Prior Offender	1 intoxication-related traffic offense within 5 years of current offense
Prior Boating Offender	1 intoxication-related boating offense within 5 years of current offense
Persistent Offender	2 or more...