Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person
Section 565.020 - First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty.

Effective - 13 Jul 2016, 2 histories
565.020. First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if he or she knowingly causes the death of another person after deliberation upon the matter.
2. The offense of murder in the first degree is a class A felony, and, if a person is eighteen years of age or older at the time of the offense, the punishment shall be either death or imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole, or release except by act of the governor. If a person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time of the commission of the offense, the punishment shall be as provided under section 565.033.
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(L. 1983 S.B. 276, A.L. 1984 S.B. 448 § A, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2016 S.B. 590)
Effective 7-13-16
CROSS REFERENCE:
Execution, location, duties of the warden, 546.730

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person

Section 565.001 - Procedure for chapter 565.

Section 565.002 - Definitions.

Section 565.003 - Culpable mental state may exist though different person killed — time between act and death no defense.

Section 565.004 - Joinder of offenses, exception — prior offenders, procedure, exception, first degree murder — joinder, first degree murder, waiver of death penalty.

Section 565.005 - Prior to trial for first degree murder, opposing counsels to furnish requested information, rules applied.

Section 565.006 - Waiver of jury trial permitted, when.

Section 565.010 - Consent as a defense.

Section 565.020 - First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty.

Section 565.021 - Second degree murder, penalty.

Section 565.023 - Voluntary manslaughter, penalty — under influence of sudden passion, defendant's burden to inject.

Section 565.024 - Involuntary manslaughter, first degree, penalty.

Section 565.027 - Involuntary manslaughter, second degree, penalty.

Section 565.029 - Lesser degree offenses in homicide cases — instruction on lesser offenses, when.

Section 565.030 - Trial procedure, first degree murder.

Section 565.032 - Evidence to be considered in assessing punishment in first degree murder cases for which death penalty authorized.

Section 565.033 - Person under eighteen, sentencing — factors to be considered, jury instructions.

Section 565.034 - Person under eighteen, written notice filed to seek life without parole, procedure — withdrawal — trial procedure — required findings.

Section 565.035 - Supreme court to review all death sentences, procedure — powers of court — assistant to court authorized, duties.

Section 565.040 - Death penalty, if held unconstitutional, resentencing procedure.

Section 565.050 - Assault, first degree, penalty.

Section 565.052 - Assault, second degree, penalty.

Section 565.054 - Assault in the third degree.

Section 565.056 - Assault in the fourth degree.

Section 565.058 - Special victims — confidentiality of address or place of residence — use of initials in petition.

Section 565.072 - Domestic assault, first degree — penalty.

Section 565.073 - Domestic assault, second degree — penalty.

Section 565.074 - Domestic assault, third degree — penalty.

Section 565.076 - Domestic assault in the fourth degree, penalty.

Section 565.079 - Prior and persistent assault offenders — definitions — sentencing — procedure at trial — evidence of prior convictions, proof, how heard — sentencing.

Section 565.090 - Harassment, first degree, penalty.

Section 565.091 - Harassment, second degree, penalty.

Section 565.110 - Kidnapping, first degree, penalty.

Section 565.115 - Child kidnapping — penalty.

Section 565.120 - Kidnapping, second degree, penalty.

Section 565.130 - Kidnapping, third degree, penalty.

Section 565.140 - Defenses to kidnapping in the third degree.

Section 565.150 - Interference with custody — penalty.

Section 565.153 - Parental kidnapping — penalty.

Section 565.156 - Child abduction — penalty.

Section 565.160 - Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction.

Section 565.163 - Venue.

Section 565.167 - Custody of child — peace officer to take child into protective custody, when.

Section 565.184 - Abuse of an elderly person, a person with disability, or a vulnerable person — penalty.

Section 565.188 - Failure to report elder abuse or neglect — penalty.

Section 565.189 - Filing a false elder abuse or neglect report — penalty.

Section 565.218 - Failure to report vulnerable person abuse — or neglect — penalty.

Section 565.222 - Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty.

Section 565.225 - Stalking, first degree, penalty.

Section 565.227 - Stalking, second degree, penalty.

Section 565.240 - Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — violation, penalty.

Section 565.252 - Invasion of privacy, penalty.

Section 565.257 - Law enforcement officers viewing or photographing during investigations or in prisons for security not an invasion of privacy.

Section 565.300 - Infant's protection act — definitions — crime of infanticide — penalty — exception — application of law.