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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.024

Involuntary manslaughter, first degree, penalty

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Vo v. Superior Court (1992)

Most recently applied in Federal Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Co. (June 2018)

Effective: 28 Aug 2017, 6 histories; (L. 1983 S.B. 276, A.L. 1984 S.B. 448 § A, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1596, A.L. 1999 S.B. 328, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 972 merged with S.B. 37, et al., …

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1. A person commits the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree if he or she recklessly causes the death of another person.

2. The offense of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree is a class C felony, unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 556.061, or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to a law enforcement officer, in which case it is a class B felony.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.