BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2315: Capital murder/plea bargain

Prohibiting plea bargains in multiple capital murder cases.

Summary

Prohibits a plea bargain in a capital murder case where there was more than one victim.
Requires a prosecutor to seek the maximum penalty available when there is a conviction in a multiple capital murder case.
Amends the aggravated first-degree murder statute when there is more than one victim to remove the requirement that the murders were a part of a common scheme or plan or a single act, and to apply regardless of when or where the murders occurred.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting plea bargains in multiple capital murder cases;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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