Bill Text: MS HB873 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Manslaughter; increase maximum sentence for.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB873 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB873-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Monsour
House Bill 873
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-3-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-3-25. Any person convicted of manslaughter shall be fined in a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), * * * imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both, or committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than two (2) * * *, nor more than thirty (30) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.