
Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc
March 04, 2025
Effective July 01, 2025
In re:
Adoptions, Additions, Revisions, and Withdrawals to MACH-CR 2d and MAI-CR 4th
TABLE OF CHARGES AND INSTRUCTIONS
MAI-CR 4th 406.06 | JUSTIFICATION: USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE IN SELF-DEFENSE
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 406.30 | JUSTIFICATION: USE OF DEADLY FORCE IN SELF-DEFENSE – BATTERED SPOUSE
(Title – Withdrawn)
(Instruction – Withdrawn)
(Notes on Use – Withdrawn)
MAI-CR 4th 408.02 | DEFENDANT’S CONVERSE
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 412.08 | AFTER THE JURY INDICATES UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON SOME, BUT NOT ALL COUNTS
(Title – New)
(Instruction – New)
(Notes on Use – New)
MAI-CR 4th 412.10 | AFTER EXTENDED DELIBERATION BY JURY
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 414.00 | SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES ON USE APPLICABLE TO 414.00 SERIES
(Instruction – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 414.02 | MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MACH-CR 2d 14.02 | MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
(Charge – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 420.33.1 | SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE COURSE OF PUBLIC DUTY WITH A DETAINEE, PRISONER, OR OFFENDER
(Title – Revision)
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MACH-CR 2d 20.33.1 | SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE COURSE OF PUBLIC DUTY WITH A DETAINEE, PRISONER, OR OFFENDER
(Title – Revision)
(Charge – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 420.33.2 | SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE COURSE OF PUBLIC DUTY WITH A PERSON NOT A DETAINEE, PRISONER, OR OFFENDER BY COERCION
(Title – New)
(Instruction – New)
(Notes on Use – New)
MACH-CR 2d 20.33.2 | SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE COURSE OF PUBLIC DUTY WITH A PERSON NOT A DETAINEE, PRISONER, OR OFFENDER BY COERCION
(Title – New)
(Charge –New)
(Notes on Use – New)
MAI-CR 4th 424.00 | ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MACH-CR 2d 24.00 | ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE
(Charge – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MAI-CR 4th 424.01 | ROBBERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE
(Instruction – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
MACH-CR 2d 24.01 | ROBBERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE
(Charge – Revision)
(Notes on Use – Revision)
1. Missouri Approved Charges – Criminal, Second Edition (MACH-CR 2d), as listed above, having been prepared by the Committee on Procedure in Criminal Cases and reviewed by the Court, are hereby adopted and approved. The charges, forms, and Notes on Use for MACH-CR 2d should be used and followed on and after July 1, 2025, and may be used and followed prior thereto, and any such use shall not be presumed to be error.
2. Missouri Approved Instructions – Criminal, Fourth Edition (MAI-CR 4th), as listed above, having been prepared by the Committee on Procedure in Criminal Cases and reviewed by the Court, are hereby adopted and approved. The instructions, forms, and Notes on Use for MAI-CR 4th must be used and followed on and after July 1, 2025, and may be used and followed prior thereto, and any such use shall not be presumed to be error.
3. It is further ordered that the above Table of Instructions and this Order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar and the South Western Reporter.
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Mary R. Russell Chief Justice
Mary R. Russell Chief Justice