Bill Text: MA H1782 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The penalty for persons found guilty of the crime of criminally negligent homicide
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 11:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1782 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1782-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Martin J. Walsh
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
��������������� Court assembled:
��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to criminally negligent homicide.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1764 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to criminally negligent homicide.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� SECTION
1. Section 30A. A person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide when, with
criminal negligence, he causes the death of another person. For purposes of
this section, �criminal negligence� is the failure to perceive a substantial
and unjustifiable risk that is of such nature and degree that the failure to
perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a
reasonable person would observe under the circumstances.
Whoever is guilty of criminally negligent homicide shall be punished by
imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2� years and a fine of
not more than $10,000.00.
