SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2707
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPERKINS.
5601H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection565.050,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe
offenseofassaultinthefirstdegree,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section565.050,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection565.050,toreadasfollows:
565.050.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofassaultinthefirstdegreeifheorshe
2attemptstokillorknowinglycausesorattemptstocauseseriousphysicalinjurytoanother
3person.
4 2.TheoffenseofassaultinthefirstdegreeisaclassBfelonyunless:
5 (1)Inthecoursethereofthepersoninflictsseriousphysicalinjuryonthevictim[, or];
6 (2)Ifthevictimofsuchassaultisaspecialvictim,astheterm"specialvictim"is
7definedundersection565.002; or
8 (3)Ifthevictimofsuchassaultistargetedbecauseofactualorperceivedstatus
9asalawenforcementofficer,asdefinedundersection556.061,
10
11inwhichcaseitisaclassAfelony.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.
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