{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.380","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.380","heading":"Court not to charge, but may instruct jury.","body":"The court shall not, on the trial of the issue in any criminal case, sum up or comment upon the evidence, or charge the jury as to matter of fact, unless requested to so do by the prosecuting attorney and the defendant or his counsel; but the court may instruct the jury in writing on any point of law arising in the cause.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=546.380","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"75ad51c7875de92983d0c73ea1a075df2d0f477d2ba5ac5dc8a28eb23153e91e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.370","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}