File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Kelly, Owings, Amedori, Boutin, Edwards, Hutchins,
Krebs, McComas, McKee, Minnick, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, and
Stocksdale
- Entitled:
-
Crimes - Death Penalty - Murder of Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officer
Providing that a specified defendant found guilty of murder in the
first degree may be sentenced to death if that defendant murdered a
law enforcement officer while the officer was not on duty but murdered
the officer in retaliation for the officer's actions while on duty.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/12
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
- Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate Susan Wolf Krebs, District 9B
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6
- Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
- Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DEATH PENALTY
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MURDER
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Criminal Law
- (
2-201 ,
2-202 ,
2-303
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
