Domestic assault, third degree — penalty
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case United States v. Martin (2004)
Most recently applied in United States v. Milton Porter (July 2025)
Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote; (L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al., A.L. 2011 S.B. 320, A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
1. A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the third degree if he or she attempts to cause physical injury or knowingly causes physical pain or illness to a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under section 565.002.
2. The offense of domestic assault in the third degree is a class E 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.