Missouri Laws 557.045 – Ineligibility for probation, SIS, SES, or conditional release, certain offenses
No person found guilty of, or pleading guilty to, the following offenses shall be eligible for probation, suspended imposition or execution of sentence, or conditional release, and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 557.011:
(1) Second degree murder when a person knowingly causes the death of another person or, with the purpose of causing serious physical injury to another person, causes the death of another person, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 565.021;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 557.045
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(2) Any dangerous felony, as the term is defined in section 556.061, where the person has been previously found guilty of a class A or B felony or a dangerous felony;
(3) Any dangerous felony, as the term is defined in section 556.061, where the commission of the felony involves the use of a deadly weapon, as that term is defined in section 556.061; or
(4) Any dangerous felony, as the term is defined in section 556.061, where the victim is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or an emergency service provider while in the performance of his or her duties.