S 0710 General Bill, By McConnell
 A Bill to amend Section 16-3-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to the punishment for murder and the separate sentencing
 proceeding to determine whether the sentence should be death or life
 imprisonment, so as to add dismemberment, multiple stabbing, and multiple
 shooting of a person to the list of aggravating circumstances a judge shall
 consider or include in his instructions to a jury during the sentencing phase
 of a death penalty proceeding.

   04/06/95  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   04/06/95  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-9
   04/26/95  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-12
   04/27/95  Senate Amended SJ-26
   04/27/95  Senate Read second time SJ-26
   05/01/95  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-41
   05/02/95  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-7
   05/02/95  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-7

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

April 27, 1995

S. 710

S. Printed 4/27/95--S.

Read the first time April 6, 1995.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER AND THE SEPARATE SENTENCING PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SENTENCE SHOULD BE DEATH OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT, SO AS TO ADD DISMEMBERMENT, MULTIPLE STABBING, AND MULTIPLE SHOOTING OF A PERSON TO THE LIST OF AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES A JUDGE SHALL CONSIDER OR INCLUDE IN HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO A JURY DURING THE SENTENCING PHASE OF A DEATH PENALTY PROCEEDING.

Amend Title To Conform

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 604 of 1990, 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; or

(h) physical torture.; or

(i) dismemberment of a person."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.