HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1002
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 707-701.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§707-701.5[]]  Murder in the second degree.  (1)  Except as provided in section 707-701, a person commits the offense of murder in the second degree if the person [intentionally]:

    (a)   Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another person[.]; or

    (b)   With the intent to do serious bodily injury to any person, performs acts that cause the death of that person; or

    (c)   Intentionally or knowingly performs acts that create a strong probability of death to any person, and such acts cause the death of another person; or

    (d)   Intentionally or knowingly performs acts that create a strong probability of serious bodily injury to any person, and such acts cause the death of another person.

     (2)  Murder in the second degree is a felony for which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment as provided in section 706-656."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

 

 

Report Title:

Criminal Homicide

 

Description:

Includes in the offense of murder in the second degree acts committed with the intent to cause serious bodily injury to another person or create the strong probability of causing death or serious bodily injury to another person, which result in the death of another person.

 

 

 

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