Supreme Court of Missouri· 12/18/1992

State v. Knapp

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843 S.W.2d 345
1992 Mo. LEXIS 140
1992 WL 372239

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holding that “[i]n determining legislative intent, the reviewing court should take into consideration statutes involving similar or related subject matter when those statutes shed light on the meaning of the statute being construed”
interpreting language in section 1.205 to mean a fetus in útero is considered a person for purposes of involuntary manslaughter statute
interpreting language in section 1.205 to mean a fetus in utero is considered a person for purposes of involuntary manslaughter statute
stating sections 1.205 and 188.015,were passed on the same day and as part of the same act and finding section 1.205 and another statute were in pan materia under similar reasoning
stating sections 1.205 and 188.015 were passed on the same day and as part of the same act and finding section 1.205 and another statute were in pari materia under similar reasoning
an unborn child is person for the purposes of the involuntary manslaughter statute, section 565.024

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