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MO SB859
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/28/2010
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Schaefer
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AI Summary
- Repeals and replaces sections 565.070 and 565.074 of Missouri law relating to assault and domestic assault crimes
- Defines assault in the third degree to include attempted or reckless physical injury, criminal negligence with deadly weapons, placing another in apprehension of injury, reckless conduct creating grave risk of death, and offensive physical contact
- Designates assault in the third degree as a class A misdemeanor, except violations involving apprehension of injury or offensive contact which are class C misdemeanors
- Creates new section 565.076 making a third or subsequent conviction for assault or domestic assault a class D felony, regardless of prior offense severity or victim relationship
- Adds isolation of family or household members by restricting access to persons, communication devices, or transportation as a domestic assault offense
Legislative Description
Makes a third assault offense, regardless of the degree, a class D felony
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
2/4/2010
Committee Referrals
Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence2/4/2010
Full Bill Text
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