What is Supreme Court of Missouri?
{{Infobox high court |court_name = Supreme Court of Missouri |image =Seal of Missouri.svg |imagesize = 120px |caption = [[Seal of Missouri|State Seal of Missouri]] |established = 1821 |country = [[Missouri]] {{flagicon|Missouri}}, United States {{flagicon|USA}} |location=[[Jefferson City, Missouri]] |coordinates= |type = |authority = [[Missouri Constitution]] |appeals = [[Supreme Court of the United States]] |terms = |positions = |website = [https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=27 Official website] |chiefjudgetitle = Chief Justice |chiefjudgename = [[Patricia Breckenridge]] |termstart = July 2015 |termend = June 2017 |termend2 = December 31, 2020 }} [[Image:Mo-supreme-court.jpg|thumb|260px|{{center|Missouri State Supreme Court building in Jefferson City}}]] The '''Supreme Court of Missouri''', is the [[state supreme court]] and the highest [[court]] in the state of [[Missouri]].<ref name=scYMC>{{cite web |url=https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=27 |title=Supreme Court |publisher=Your Missouri Courts |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> It was established in 1820 and is located in [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]], Missouri.<ref name=scYMC/> Missouri [[voters]] have approved changes in the state's [[constitution]] to give the Supreme Court the sole legal power to hear five types of cases on [[appeal]]. [[wikt:per|Per]] Article V, Section 3 of the [[Constitution of Missouri]], these cases involve: *The [[wikt:validity|validity]] of a [[United States]] [[statute]] or [[treaty]]. *The validity of a Missouri statute or constitutional provision. *The state's [[revenue]] [[law]]s. *Challenges to a [[wikt:statewide|statewide]] [[elect]]ed [[official]]'s right to hold [[office]]. *Anytime the [[death penalty]] is [[wikt:impose|impose]]d. Unless their case involves one of those five [[issue (legal)|issue]]s, people who want a trial court's decision reviewed must appeal to the [[Missouri Court of Appeals]]. Most of these cases involve routine [[legal]] questions and end there. The Court of Appeals is divi