Bill Text: MS HB538 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal penalties; sentence for accessory before the fact cannot be more severe than sentence for the principal.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB538 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB538-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Evans (91st)

House Bill 538

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT SHALL NOT RECEIVE A SENTENCE MORE SEVERE THAN THE PRINCIPAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-1-3.  Every person who shall be an accessory to any felony, before the fact, shall be deemed and considered a principal, and shall be indicted and punished as such; provided, however, that the accessory shall not receive a sentence more severe than the principal.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.

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