{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.052","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.052","heading":"Assault, second degree, penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of assault in the second degree if he or she:\n(1) Attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause great bodily harm to another person under the influence of sudden passion arising out of adequate cause; or\n(2) Attempts to cause or knowingly causes bodily harm to another person by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; or\n(3) Recklessly causes great bodily harm to another person; or\n(4) Recklessly causes bodily harm to another person by means of discharge of a firearm.\n2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section.\n3. The offense of assault in the second degree is a class D felony, unless the victim of such assault is a special victim, as the term \"special victim\" is defined under section 565.002, in which case it is a class B felony.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=565.052","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"3d0d0f9ddba4c04fb9573f7ebcd582e23649a9587a2ecb4faa79096559771c3f","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.050--2","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.052--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}