File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1041
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone, Boozer, and Middlebrooks (Committee to Revise Article
27)
- Entitled:
-
Crimes - Assault - District Court Offenses
Adding a crime concerning assault involving unconsented physical
contact without physical injury requiring trial in the District Court;
prohibiting trial of this crime in the circuit court unless there is
an appeal from the District Court or there is another charge entitling
the defendant to a circuit court trial; providing that proof of
physical injury is not a defense; providing that this offense is not a
lesser included offense of other offenses; providing for the
compromise of an assault charge; providing for a contingency; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/13
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/15
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
House Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator F. Vernon Boozer, District 9
- Senator Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
- Committee to revise Article 27
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ASSAULT
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- TRIALS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
12A-1 ,
12A-8
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
