136.050 Reasonable doubt as to degree of crime committed by defendant
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136.050 Reasonable doubt as to degree of crime committed by defendant. When it appears that the defendant has committed a crime of which there are two or more degrees and there is a reasonable doubt as to the degree of which the defendant is guilty, the defendant can be convicted of the lowest of those degrees only.