Adding the commission of three or more murders in the first degree within a 4-year period to the list of aggravating circumstances a court or jury is required to consider before a defendant can be sentenced to death.

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Sponsored by:

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

DEATH PENALTY

MURDER

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law

( 2-303 , 2-303 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments: None offered