From Missouri Digital News: https://mdn.org
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

 MDN.ORG Mo. Digital News Missouri Digital News MDN.ORG: Mo. Digital News MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
Help  


2017 Bill(s)

HCS HB 338
Sponsor: Corlew, Kevin
Status: H Perfection
Description: Essentially nullify a 2014 state Supreme Court decision that over-turned a criminal confiction because the judge did not instruct the jury it could find the defendant guilty of a lesser included offense. The bill would impose a restriction of "a rational basis" as to when a judge is required to instruct the jury of the possibility of a lesser included offense.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.