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Statutes > Missouri > T37 > C546 > 546_700Sentence not executed, procedure.
546.700. Whenever, for any reason, any convict sentenced tothe punishment of death shall not have been executed pursuant tosuch sentence, and the cause shall stand in full force, thesupreme court, or the court of the county in which the convictionwas had, on the application of the prosecuting attorney, shallissue a writ of habeas corpus to bring such convict before thecourt; or if he be at large, a warrant for his apprehension maybe issued by such court, or any judge thereof.
(RSMo 1939 § 4110)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3720; 1919 § 4064; 1909 § 5270
CROSS REFERENCE:
Habeas corpus, generally, Chap. 532, RSMo
