Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.170. Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend. — Where two or more licensed attorneys at law of this state are associated together as copartners in the practice as attorneys or counselors at law, and one of such attorneys shall be the prosecuting or assistant prosecuting attorney, or circuit or assistant circuit attorney, it shall be unlawful for such other partner or partners to appear and defend in any of the courts of this state any person charged with a misdemeanor or felony, when by law it shall be the duty of such prosecuting or circuit attorney to appear and prosecute, and this section shall apply even though such partnership may exist only for the transaction of civil business.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12981)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11355; 1919 § 774; 1909 § 1039
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law
Section 484.010 - Practice of the law and law business defined.
Section 484.020 - Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.
Section 484.040 - Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court.
Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.
Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.
Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.
Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.
Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.
Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.
Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.
Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.
Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.
Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.
Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.
Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.
Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.