Bill Text: MS HB1386 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Habitual offenders; revise sentencing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1386 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1386-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Mickens, Burnett, Faulkner, Gibbs (36th), Holloway, Karriem, Straughter
House Bill 1386
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 99-19-83 AND 99-19-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SENTENCING FOR CERTAIN HABITUAL OFFENDERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 99-19-83, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-19-83. 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 and who shall have been
sentenced to and served separate terms of one (1) year or more, whether served
concurrently or not, in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in
this state or elsewhere, and where * * * all such felonies shall
have been * * *
crimes of violence, as defined by Section 97-3-2, shall be sentenced to
life imprisonment, and such sentence shall not be reduced or suspended nor
shall such person be eligible for parole, probation or any other form of early
release from actual physical custody within the Department of Corrections.
SECTION 2. 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 that is a crime of violence or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times 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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
