Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories
562.011. Voluntary act. — 1. A person is not guilty of an offense unless his or her liability is based on conduct which includes a voluntary act.
2. A "voluntary act" is:
(1) A bodily movement performed while conscious as a result of effort or determination; or
(2) An omission to perform an act of which the actor is physically capable.
3. Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procures or receives the thing possessed, or having acquired control of it was aware of his or her control for a sufficient time to have enabled him or her to dispose of it or terminate his or her control.
4. A person is not guilty of an offense based solely upon an omission to perform an act unless the law defining the offense expressly so provides, or a duty to perform the omitted act is otherwise imposed by law.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 562 - General Principles of Liability
Section 562.011 - Voluntary act.
Section 562.012 - Attempt — guilt for an offense may be based on.
Section 562.014 - Conspiracy, offense of — penalty.
Section 562.016 - Culpable mental state.
Section 562.021 - Culpable mental state, application.
Section 562.026 - Culpable mental state, when not required.
Section 562.031 - Ignorance and mistake.
Section 562.036 - Accountability for conduct.
Section 562.041 - Responsibility for the conduct of another.
Section 562.046 - Defense precluded.
Section 562.051 - Conviction of different degrees of offenses.
Section 562.056 - Liability of corporations and unincorporated associations.
Section 562.061 - Liability of individual for conduct of corporation or unincorporated association.
Section 562.076 - Intoxicated or drugged condition.
Section 562.086 - Lack of responsibility because of mental disease or defect.