Legal Opinion
State v. Scott
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1997No. WD 50480, WD 52035PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.
“Causing Catastrophe” is denominated as a class A felony in § 569.070, RSMo 1994. Effective in our law in 1979, and located in our statutes just after those crimes involving arson, this section denounces, as here relevant, knowingly causing a catastrophe by flood which results in substantial damage to five or more buildings or inhabitable structures, or seriously impairs the usefulness or operation of a vital public facility.
The July 1993 flood along the Mississippi River provides the backdrop for the charges against the defendant, James Scott. The area in question…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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