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IN SB0166
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Zakas
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 35-42-1-3 to increase the penalty for voluntary manslaughter when committed by means of a deadly weapon from a Level 2 felony to a Level 1 felony.
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Applies to persons who knowingly or intentionally kill another human being or a viable fetus while acting under sudden heat using a deadly weapon.
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Maintains voluntary manslaughter as a Level 2 felony when the offense is not committed by means of a deadly weapon.
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Preserves the existing legal principle that sudden heat is a mitigating factor reducing what would otherwise constitute murder to voluntary manslaughter.
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Effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Voluntary manslaughter. Increases the penalty for voluntary manslaughter from a Level 2 felony to a Level 1 felony, if the offense is committed by means of a deadly weapon.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
1/5/2016