Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories
562.051. Conviction of different degrees of offenses. — Except as otherwise provided, when two or more persons are criminally responsible for an offense which is divided into degrees, each person is guilty of such degree as is compatible with his or her own culpable mental state and with his or her own accountability for an aggravating or mitigating fact or circumstance.
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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.