{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.676","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.676","heading":"Court may deny bail upon showing that defendant poses danger to victim, witness, or community — considerations — right to trial, time limit.","body":"1. Upon a showing by the state that a defendant poses a danger to a crime victim, witness, or the community, the court may deny bail to a defendant or impose such conditions as it deems appropriate to protect a crime victim, witness or the community.\n2. In determining whether a defendant poses a danger to a crime victim, witness, or the community, the court may consider all relevant evidence, including but not limited to:\n(1) The defendant's criminal record;\n(2) Whether the defendant was on probation or released on bail at the time the crime for which the court is considering bail was committed;\n(3) The nature and circumstances of the crime for which bail is being sought.\n3. A defendant who is denied bail because he poses a danger to a crime victim, witness, or the community shall, upon written request filed at arraignment, be entitled to a trial which begins within one hundred twenty days of his arraignment or within one hundred twenty days of an order granting a change of venue, whichever occurs later. The provisions of this subsection shall be waived and of no effect if the defendant requests and receives a continuance or if bail is set for the defendant.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=544.676","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"3f4e48d9f6accc3f86cb72b13a2dabae6ba802e7d9fbc77c928aaccd0f91fb37","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.671","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-545.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}