Bill Text: IA HF222 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the limitation of actions for the criminal offense of accessory after the fact involving murder in the first degree, and making penalties applicable.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 226. [HF222 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF222-Introduced.html

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House File 222 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  WHEELER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the limitation of actions for the criminal
  2    offense of accessory after the fact involving murder in the
  3    first degree, and making penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 802.3, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    802.3  Felony == aggravated or serious misdemeanor.
  1  4    In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.1,
  1  5 802.2, 802.2A, 802.2B, 802.2C, 802.2D, 802.3A, or 802.10,
  1  6 an indictment or information for a felony or aggravated or
  1  7 serious misdemeanor shall be found within three years after its
  1  8 commission.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  802.3A  Accessory after the fact.
  1 10    An indictment or information for the offense of accessory
  1 11 after the fact in violation of section 703.3 that involves a
  1 12 murder in the first degree in violation of section 707.2 shall
  1 13 be found within ten years after commission of the offense of
  1 14 accessory after the fact.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    This bill relates to the limitation of actions (statute of
  1 19 limitations) for the criminal offense of accessory after the
  1 20 fact.
  1 21    The bill provides that an indictment or information for
  1 22 the offense of accessory after the fact in violation of Code
  1 23 section 703.3 that involves a murder in the first degree in
  1 24 violation of Code section 707.2 shall be found within 10 years
  1 25 after the commission of the offense of accessory after the
  1 26 fact.  Current law provides that such violation shall be found
  1 27 within three years after the commission of the offense of
  1 28 accessory after the fact.
  1 29    A person who commits the offense of accessory after the fact
  1 30 involving a murder in the first degree commits an aggravated
  1 31 misdemeanor.
  1 32    An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for
  1 33 no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more
  1 34 than $6,250.
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