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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3065 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh All Sponsors:Kirsh, Altman, Simrill, Meacham-Richardson, Stille Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\skb\18018som01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Stalking, murder committed while in commission of; provisions when death penalty imposed; Crimes and Offenses, Execution History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee House 20001206 Prefiled, referred to Committee 25 HJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER, SO AS TO INCLUDE AS A SEPARATE STATUTORY AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE DEATH PENALTY MAY BE IMPOSED, A MURDER COMMITTED WHILE IN THE COMMISSION OF STALKING OR AGGRAVATED STALKING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-20(C)(a)(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 317 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"(1) The murder was committed while in the commission of the following crimes or acts:
(a) criminal sexual conduct in any degree;
(b) kidnapping;
(c) burglary in any degree;
(d) robbery while armed with a deadly weapon;
(e) larceny with use of a deadly weapon;
(f) killing by poison;
(g) drug trafficking as defined in Section 44-53-370(e), 44-53-375(B), 44-53-440, or 44-53-445;
(h) physical torture; or
(i) dismemberment of a person. ; or
(j) stalking or aggravated stalking as defined in Section 16-3-1700."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. A person arrested, charged, or indicted under the provision of law amended by this act must be tried and sentenced as provided by the law in force at the time of the commission of the offense.
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