Bill Text: TX HB4113 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4113 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain capital felony cases.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB4113 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4113-Introduced.html

	86R10122 KJE-F

	By: Leach	H.B. No. 4113



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for
	the conduct of a coconspirator in certain capital felony cases.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 37.071, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1. (a) If a defendant is found guilty in a capital
	felony case in which the state does not seek the death penalty or in
	a capital felony case described by Subsection (b), the judge shall
	sentence the defendant to life imprisonment or to life imprisonment
	without parole as required by Section 12.31, Penal Code.
	(b) A defendant who is found guilty in a capital felony case
	in which the jury charge at the guilt or innocence stage permitted
	the jury to find the defendant guilty as a party under Section
	7.02(b), Penal Code, may not be sentenced to death.
	SECTION 2. Section 2, Article 37.0711, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2. (a) If a defendant is found guilty in a case in
	which the state does not seek the death penalty or in a case
	described by Subsection (b), the judge shall sentence the defendant
	to life imprisonment.
	(b) A defendant who is found guilty in a capital felony case
	in which the jury charge at the guilt or innocence stage permitted
	the jury to find the defendant guilty as a party under Section
	7.02(b), Penal Code, may not be sentenced to death.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective date
	of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commences before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.