2005 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 493

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1231/04 - JUD
Sponsored By:
Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled:
Sentencing - Death Penalty - Murder of Individual Under Protective Order

Synopsis:

Adding to the list of aggravating circumstances for considering imposition of a death sentence for the crime of murder in the first degree; providing that it is an aggravating circumstance if the victim, whom the defendant murdered, was a person eligible for relief under an existing temporary ex parte order or a protective order; 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
2/2
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/7
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action

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 (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments: None offered