Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 544
Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail
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Section 544.275.1
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August 28, 2015
State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury.
544.275. When a person committed to the department of corrections is a
defendant in a criminal or civil proceeding other than jury trials, or a
plaintiff in a civil proceeding other than a jury trial, or the movant in a
postconviction proceeding, such proceeding may in the discretion of the judge
be heard within a correctional facility of the department of corrections.
(L. 1981 H.B. 223 § 1, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348, A.L. 1990
H.B. 974)
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