Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 546

Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases

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Section 546.380.1

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August 28, 2015

Court not to charge, but may instruct jury.

546.380. The court shall not, on the trial of the issue in any criminal

case, sum up or comment upon the evidence, or charge the jury as to matter of

fact, unless requested to so do by the prosecuting attorney and the defendant

or his counsel; but the court may instruct the jury in writing on any point

of law arising in the cause.



(RSMo 1939 § 4083)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 3694; 1919 § 4038; 1909 § 5244







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