CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

: Changes the laws regarding the early release of offenders

: Repeals the persistent offender sentencing enhancements in drug trafficking cases in the second degree

: Allows law enforcement agencies to hold a suspect arrested without a warrant for up to 24 hours before filing charges

: Repeals the Board of Probation and Parole's authority to convert sentences to concurrent and clarifies that a convicted person is sentenced according to the law at the time of sentencing

: Allows the court to impound vehicles driven by a person convicted of driving while intoxicated or excessive blood alcohol content for one year

: Allows prosecuting and circuit attorneys the power to dismiss a case, orally or in writing and with or without prejudice, without the consent of the court

: Revises the role of the court and jury in sentencing and eliminates the bifurcated jury sentencing process

: Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2009

: Allows the court to order a person's vehicle impounded for up to one year as part of a penalty for driving while intoxicated

: Changes the laws regarding the reporting and investigating of deaths by coroners and medical examiners

: Requires the Office of Administration to reimburse counties for expenses related to the prosecution of crimes occurring within facilities of the Department of Corrections

: Increases the powers of the Missouri Capitol Police to investigate and arrest

: Changes the laws regarding the crimes of stealing, tampering, and receiving stolen property and requires specific restitution in certain cases

: Repeals the death penalty

: Revises the procedures required in law enforcement investigations and establishes the Laboratory Oversight Committee

: Requires nonviolent offenders in a long-term substance abuse program to have their suspended sentence revoked and serve their entire sentence if they fail to complete the program

: Makes certain persons convicted of homicide eligible for parole and requires periodic reviews by the Board of Probation and Parole

: Requires persons arrested for the manufacture or distribution of drugs to appear before a judge prior to being released on bond

: Authorizes an enhanced punishment of up to 10 more years for certain crimes committed against a child under the age of 14 by a person responsible for the child's welfare

: Establishes a Task Force on Alternative Sentencing within the Department of Corrections

: Requires depositions of crime laboratory employees to be in county where employed

: Reallocates a portion of the crime laboratory surcharge to counties and prosecutors

: Eliminates a grand jury's duty to examine public buildings and report on their conditions

: Eliminates the death penalty

: Creates a commission to study the death penalty and imposes a temporary moratorium on executions in Missouri

: Authorizes municipal courts to contract with certain entities for probation services

: Modifies various aspects of the criminal justice system

: Modifies various court costs

: Requires expunged records to be confidential

: Allows sheriffs to agree as to which county's jail will house a defendant after a change of venue.

: Creates requirements for those who sell animals for research purposes only.

: Notification given to a crime victim must utilize the statewide automated crime victim notification system.

: Provides when a prosecution for a misdemeanor, or infraction, or felony is commenced.

: Removes language stating that a person commits the crime of tampering with a witness "in an official proceeding".

: Repeals provisions requiring prosecutors to pay certain court costs.

: Requires a person arrested and confined without a warrant be discharged from custody within 48 hours unless charged.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:25 pm