Missouri · Missouri Revised Statutes — Criminal Procedure (Ch. 544–548)
Mo. Rev. Stat. (Crim. Proc.) § 547.290: Supreme court shall direct execution of sentence, when
What this law says, in plain English
When a defendant appeals or files a writ of error, the Supreme Court either affirms the lower court's judgment and orders execution of the sentence, reverses it and orders a new trial, or orders the defendant's discharge.
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