Bill Text: MS SB2230 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Manslaughter; increase maximum sentence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2230 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2230-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) McDaniel, Watson, Gandy, Hill

Senate Bill 2230

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-3-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-3-25.  Any person convicted of manslaughter shall be fined in a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), * * * imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both, or committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than two (2) * * *, nor more than thirty (30) years.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.

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