Indiana House Bill 1377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-18 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes committing a murder in the physical presence of a person who: (1) is less than 16 years of age; and (2) might be able to see or hear the murder; an aggravating circumstance that may be considered during the sentencing hearing for the murder. Allows a court to sentence a person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment that: (1) is not less than the advisory sentence for the underlying offense nor more than three times the advisory sentence for the underlying offense; and (2) does not exceed 30 years; if the person knowingly or intentionally committed certain offenses in the physical presence of a person less than 16 years of age who might be able to see or hear the offense. Allows a court to sentence a person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment of ten years if the person knowingly or intentionally violated a protective order in the commission of certain offenses.

Murder sentencing and sentence enhancements.

Rep. Jeffrey Thompson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-18		First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2011-01-18		Authored by Representative Thompson

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1377
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1377.1.html