Bill Text: DE SB40 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Possession Of Firearms During The Commission Of A Felony.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-03 - Signed by Governor [SB40 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-SB40-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Sen. Ennis & Rep. Mitchell |
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Sens. Henry, Marshall, Poore, Sokola, Townsend, Venables; Reps. Bennett, Q. Johnson, D. Short, Smyk |
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DELAWARE STATE SENATE 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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SENATE BILL NO. 40 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY. |
Section 1.Amend Section 4214(b) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by strikethrough as follows:
(b) Any person who has been 2 times convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony hereinafter specifically named, under the laws of this State, and/or any other state, United States or any territory of the United States, and who shall thereafter be convicted of a subsequent felony hereinafter specifically named, or an attempt to commit such specific felony, is declared to be an habitual criminal, and the court in which such third or subsequent conviction is had, in imposing sentence, shall impose a life sentence upon the person so convicted unless the subsequent felony conviction requires or allows and results in the imposition of capital punishment. Such sentence shall not be subject to the probation or parole provisions of Chapter 43 of this title.
Such felonies shall be:
Section Crime
803 Arson in the first degree
826 Burglary in the first degree
825 Burglary in the second degree
636 Murder in the first degree
635 Murder in the second degree
632 Manslaughter
783 Kidnapping in the second degree
783A Kidnapping in the first degree
606 Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree
613 Assault in the first degree
615 Assault by abuse
Former 763 Rape in the second degree
Former 764 Rape in the first degree
Former 766 Sodomy in the first degree
832 Robbery in the first degree
836 Carjacking in the first degree
Former 771 Unlawful sexual penetration in the second degree
Former 772 Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree
Former 773 Sexual intercourse in the third degree
Former 774 Unlawful sexual intercourse in the second degree
Former 775 Unlawful sexual intercourse in the first degree
771 Rape in the third degree
772 Rape in the second degree
773Rape in the first degree
778(1), (2) Sexual Abuse of a Child by a Person
or (3) in a Position of Trust, Authority or
Supervision in the First Degree
1447A Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
Title 16, Section Crime
Former 4751 Manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a narcotic drug
Former 4752 Manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver nonnarcotic, controlled substance
Former 4752A Unlawful delivery or attempt to deliver non-controlled substance
Former 4753A Trafficking in marijuana, cocaine, illegal drugs or methamphetamine
4752 Drug Dealing - Aggravated Possession; Class B Felony
4753 Drug Dealing - Aggravated Possession; Class C Felony
4754 Drug Dealing - Aggravated Possession; Class D Felony
4755 Aggravated Possession; Class E Felony
Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, any sentence imposed pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to suspension by the court, and shall be served in its entirety at a full custodial Level V institutional setting without benefit of probation, parole, earned good time or any other reduction.
SYNOPSIS
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This Act will increase the penalties imposed upon repeat offenders convicted of the crime of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony by adding that crime to the list of serious violent felonies that can serve as predicate offenses that trigger Delaware's Habitual Criminal statute. |
Author: Senator Ennis
