{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.400","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.400","heading":"Verdict must show degree of guilt.","body":"Upon the trial of any indictment for any offense where by law there may be conviction for different degrees of such offense, the jury, if they convict the defendant of a degree of the offense inferior to the offense alleged in the indictment, shall specify in their verdict of what degree of the offense they find the defendant guilty.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 546 - Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=546.400","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"0a4cef409745a41a6bd2dcb516e9e1a10180bbdad64e4c4362b5f1510547c9cd","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.390","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-546.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}