Mo. R. Crim. P. 25.05

As amended through May 1, 2024
Rule 25.05 - Misdemeanors or Felonies-Disclosure by Defendant to State Without Court Order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules as to protective orders, and subject to constitutional limitations, on written request by the state, defendant shall disclose to counsel for the state part or all of the following material or information within defendant's possession or control designated in such request:
(1) Any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the particular case, including results of physical or mental examinations and of scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons, which the defense intends to introduce into evidence at a hearing or trial, except that those portions of any of the above containing statements made by defendant shall not be disclosed;
(2) The names and last known addresses of persons, other than defendant, whom defendant intends to call as witnesses at any hearing or trial, together with their written or recorded statements, and existing memoranda reporting or summarizing part or all of their oral statements;
(3) Those parts of any books, papers, documents, photographs, video, electronic communications, electronic data, or objects, except those that contain statements of defendant, which defendant intends to introduce in evidence at a hearing or trial;
(4) If defendant intends to rely on the defense of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility, or to claim that defendant has a mental disease or defect negating a culpable mental state, disclosure of these defenses shall be in the form of a written statement by counsel for defendant; and
(5) If defendant intends to rely on the defense of alibi and the state in its request specifies the place, date, and time of the crime charged, disclosure shall be in the form of a written statement by counsel for defendant, announcing defendant's intent and giving specific information as to the place at which defendant claims to have been at the time of the alleged offense, and as particularly as is known, the names and addresses of the witnesses by whom defendant proposes to establish the alibi.
(b) The request provided for by this Rule shall be made by filing the request in the court where the case is pending and serving a copy of the request upon defendant or defendant's attorney.

Mo. R. Crim. P. 25.05

Adopted June 13, 1979, eff. 1/1/1980. Amended December 19, 2017, eff. 7/1/2018.

Committee Note-1979

This is the same as prior Rule 25.34.