Senators ALEXANDER, HEMBREE, and HUTTO proposes the following amendment (SR-270.KM0006S):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 16-3-29 and inserting:
Section 16-3-29. (A) A person who, with intent to kill, attempts to kill another person with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied, commits the offense of attempted murder. commits an unlawful act of a violent nature that causes injury to another person with malice, expressed or implied, is guilty of the crime of attempted murder. A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than thirty years for each violation of this section. A sentence imposed pursuant to this section may not be suspended nor may probation be granted. A person who, unlawfully with intent to kill, attempts to kill another person commits the crime of attempted murder in the first degree. A person who is convicted of attempted murder in the first degree is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for not less than five years nor more than thirty years.(B) A person commits attempted murder in the second degree if the person, while unlawfully and intentionally discharges a firearm or unlawfully and intentionally uses a deadly weapon against a group, crowd, occupied vehicle, building, or other location where one or more persons are reasonably expected to be present, engages in conduct that demonstrates a reckless disregard for human life and that is reasonably likely to cause death or great bodily injury to any person present. A person who is convicted of attempted murder in the second degree is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than twenty years.
(C) The provisions of this act are intended to occupy the field addressed herein. To the extent that any rule, doctrine, or principle of the common law conflicts with the provisions of this act, the common law is hereby abrogated and superseded.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.