Bill Text: MS HB1379 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Habitual offender; provide an age restriction for sentencing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1379 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1379-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Horan
House Bill 1379
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE HABITUAL OFFENDER SENTENCING PROVISION TO ADD AN AGE REQUIREMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 99-19-81, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-19-81. Every person convicted in this state of a felony who shall have been convicted twice previously of any felony or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times, both of which occurred when the person was eighteen (18) years of age or older, and who shall have been sentenced to separate terms of one (1) year or more in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in this state or elsewhere, shall be sentenced to the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed for such felony, and such sentence shall not be reduced or suspended nor shall such person be eligible for parole or probation.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
