505.020 Prosecution for multiple offenses.

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(1)When a single course of conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of

more than one

(1)offense, he may be prosecuted for each such offense. He may not,

however, be convicted of more than one

(1)offense when:

(a)One offense is included in the other, as defined in subsection (2); or

(b)Inconsistent findings of fact are required to establish the commission of the

offenses; or

(c)The offense is designed to prohibit a continuing course of conduct and the

defendant's course of conduct was uninterrupted by legal process, unless the

law expressly provides that specific periods of such conduct constitute

separate offenses.

(2)A defendant may be convicted of an offense that is included in any offense with

which he is formally charged. An offense is so included when:

(a)It is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to

establish the commission of the offense charged; or

(b)It consists of an attempt to commit the offense charged or to commit an

offense otherwise included therein; or

(c)It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a lesser kind of

culpability suffices to establish its commission; or

(d)It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury

or risk of injury to the same person, property or public interest suffices to

establish its commission.