Effective - 30 Jun 2008
573.038. Property or material constituting child pornography to remain in custody of the state — availability of, when. — 1. In any criminal proceeding, any property or material that constitutes child pornography shall remain in the care, custody, and control of either the state or the court.
2. (1) Notwithstanding Missouri rule of criminal procedure 25.03 or any other rule or statute to the contrary, a court shall deny, in any criminal proceeding, any request by the defendant to copy, photograph, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce any property or material that constitutes child pornography, so long as the state makes the property or material reasonably available to the defendant.
(2) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, property or material shall be deemed to be reasonably available to the defendant if the state provides ample opportunity for inspection, viewing, and examination at a state or other governmental facility of the property or material by the defendant, his or her attorney, and any individual the defendant may seek to qualify to furnish expert testimony at trial.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)
Effective 6-30-08
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 573 - Pornography and Related Offenses
Section 573.010 - Definitions.
Section 573.020 - Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty.
Section 573.023 - Sexual exploitation of a minor — penalties.
Section 573.024 - Enabling sexual exploitation of a minor, offense of — penalty.
Section 573.025 - Promoting child pornography in the first degree — penalties.
Section 573.030 - Promoting obscenity in the second degree — penalties.
Section 573.035 - Promoting child pornography in the second degree — penalties.
Section 573.037 - Possession of child pornography — penalty.
Section 573.040 - Furnishing pornographic materials to minors — penalty.
Section 573.050 - Evidence in obscenity and child pornography cases.
Section 573.060 - Public display of explicit sexual material — penalties.
Section 573.065 - Coercing acceptance of obscene material — penalty.
Section 573.070 - Injunctions and declaratory judgments.
Section 573.200 - Child used in sexual performance — penalties.
Section 573.205 - Promoting sexual performance by a child — penalties.
Section 573.206 - Patronizing a sexual performance of a child, offense of — penalty.
Section 573.215 - Failure to report child pornography — penalty.
Section 573.503 - Local government may require background checks.