550.020. State to pay certain costs. — 1. In all capital cases in which the defendant shall be convicted, and in all cases in which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, and in cases where such person is convicted of an offense punishable solely by imprisonment in the penitentiary and is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, workhouse or reform school because such person is under the age of eighteen years, the state shall pay the costs, if the defendant shall be unable to pay them, except costs incurred on behalf of defendant.
2. And in all cases of felony, when the jury are not permitted to separate, it shall be the duty of the sheriff in charge of the jury, unless otherwise ordered by the court, to supply them with board and lodging during the time they are required by the court to be kept together, for which a reasonable compensation may be allowed, not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents per day for each member of the jury and the officer in charge; and the same shall be taxed as other costs in the case, and the state shall pay such costs, unless in the event of conviction, the same can be made out of the defendant.
Notes of Decisions
Richardson v. State High. & Transp. Comm'n, 863 S.W.2d 876 (Mo. 1993).
· cites it 4× “The legislature has enacted several laws about costs in civil cases, none of which authorize awarding costs against the sovereign. Chap. 514 RSMo. Section 537.”
State v. Green, 470 S.W.2d 571 (Mo. 1971).
· cites it 2× “Sections 550.020 and 550.040, V.A.M.S. While the allowances here involved are not costs in the technical sense that they have been provided for by statute and denominated therein as costs, they nevertheless are fees incident to the trial of a particular case, and I think they…”
State v. Cox, 639 S.W.2d 425 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982).
· cites it 3× “030, which provide that the state or county shall pay the costs, except such as were “incurred on behalf of the defendant”.”
State ex rel. O'Brien v. Roos, 397 S.W.2d 578 (Mo. 1965).
“” By § 550.020 the Legislature has. provided that the state pay certain felony costs, and by § 550.”
State of Missouri v. Thomas J. Savage (Mo. Ct. App. 2019).
· cites it 2× “3 The General Assembly, however, codified an exception to this rule in Section 550.020, which states, in pertinent part, “in all cases in which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary .”
Tinisha J. Washington v. State of Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 2× “2 Second, Movant claims Plea Counsel was ineffective in allowing and advising Movant to be sentenced because Movant was not competent to proceed during her sentencing. Third, Movant claims her sentences were improperly imposed because the sentencing court should not have…”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 550.020(1) — 1 case
State v. Cox, 639 S.W.2d 425 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982).
“030, which provide that the state or county shall pay the costs, except such as were “incurred on behalf of the defendant”.”
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