If any person indicted for any offense, and committed to prison, shall not be brought to trial before the end of the second term of the court having jurisdiction of the offense which shall be held after such indictment found, he shall be entitled to be discharged, so far as relates to the offense for which he was committed, unless the delay shall happen on the application of the prisoner, or shall be occasioned by the want of time to try the cause at such second term.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.890
Defendant imprisoned — discharge if not tried before end of second term
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Powers v. White (1982)
Most recently applied in Powers v. White (June 1982)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 4085); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3696; 1919 § 4040; 1909 § 5246
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.