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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 557.016 (2026)

Classification of offenses

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  557.016.  Classification of offenses. — 1.  Felonies are classified for the purpose of sentencing into the following five categories:

  (1)  Class A felonies;

  (2)  Class B felonies;

  (3)  Class C felonies;

  (4)  Class D felonies; and

  (5)  Class E felonies.

  2.  Misdemeanors are classified for the purpose of sentencing into the following four categories:

  (1)  Class A misdemeanors;

  (2)  Class B misdemeanors;

  (3)  Class C misdemeanors; and

  (4)  Class D misdemeanors.

  3.  Infractions are not further classified.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: State v. Nibarger, 304 S.W.3d 199 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Nibarger, 304 S.W.3d 199 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 9× “011 are class A, B, C, and D felonies, the classified felony offenses delineated in section 557.016, RSMo 2000. The authorized terms of imprisonment for the classified offenses delineated in section 557.”
United States v. Charles Naylor, II, 887 F.3d 397 (8th Cir. 2018). “Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 557.016 , 558.011.1(3), and 569.”
State v. Bonich, 289 S.W.3d 767 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “In other words, it did not carry one of the sentencing classifications found in section 557.016. The punishment for such unclassified felonies is set out in section 557.”
State v. Lewis, 633 S.W.2d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “[8] In a criminal conviction, of course, the court alone imposes sentence and judgment, whether within the range of jury verdict or on a separate adjudication of dangerous offender.”
State v. Libertus, 560 S.W.3d 578 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “It is immaterial to the issue on appeal whether Libertus was subject to a five or to a fifteen year minimum term of imprisonment.”
State v. Johnson, 605 S.W.2d 151 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). “3(2) definition of a “dangerous offender” as one who “[h]as been previously convicted of a class A or B felony or of a dangerous felony,” he syllo-gizes that the creation of class A and B felonies by § 557.016 of the 1979 Criminal Code is evidence of a legislative intent to…”
Davis v. State, 763 S.W.2d 345 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “” He adds that “[djrug offenses are normally considered to be unclassified felonies which carry a range of sentences that are separate and apart from the normal classifications as specified by RSMo Sections 557.016 and 558.011 (1978).” He first supports this vague point by the…”
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