Bill Text: TX HB472 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB472 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB472-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 472 |
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relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for | ||
the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) If, in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit | ||
one felony, another felony is committed by one of the conspirators, | ||
all conspirators are guilty of the felony actually committed, | ||
though having no intent to commit it, provided that [ |
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was committed in furtherance of the unlawful purpose and was one | ||
that should have been anticipated as a result of the carrying out of | ||
the conspiracy. This subsection does not apply to the prosecution | ||
of the offense of capital murder. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to the prosecution of an offense committed on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. The prosecution of an offense committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense | ||
was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element | ||
of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |