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CO SB094

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

3/8/2017

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Kagan

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes felony murder from the first degree murder statute (section 18-3-102(1)(b)) effective July 1, 2017
  • Creates new felony murder crime as a class 2 felony (section 18-3-102.5) covering deaths during commission of arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault, or escape
  • Requires defendants convicted of felony murder to be sentenced under crime of violence sentencing provisions (section 18-1.3-406)
  • Maintains affirmative defense allowing defendants to avoid liability if they did not commit the homicide, were not armed, had no knowledge others were armed, and attempted to disengage
  • Applies retroactively to certain juvenile offenders and establishes adjusted parole eligibility timelines for previously convicted offenders

Legislative Description

Make Felony Murder A Class 2 Felony

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Last Action

Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely

3/8/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/18/2017

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