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2004 Regular Session bill information current as of November 17, 2004 - 3:07 p.m.
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HOUSE BILL 1231

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 832/02 - JUD

Sponsored By:
Delegates O'Donnell, Hennessy, Kelly, McComas, and Sophocleus

Entitled:
Sentencing - Death Penalty - Murder of Individual under Protective Order

Synopsis:

Adding to the list of aggravating circumstances for considering a death sentence for the crime of murder in the first degree; providing that it is an aggravating circumstance if the victim was a person eligible for relief under an existing temporary ex parte order or a protective order whom the defendant murdered; and providing that under specified circumstances, specified provisions of law can be applied to a defendant who is not a principal in the first degree.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/13
First Reading Judiciary
2/18
Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28
Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DEATH PENALTY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE
MURDER
PROTECTION ORDERS
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law
( 2-202 , 2-303 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments: None offered


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