MN HF3457

Court shall sentence person to life imprisonment if convicted of violating sections 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or 609.3453 and person has two prior or previous sex offense convictions.

Person must also have a prior or previous conviction for murder, assault, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, burglary, or child pornography offenses under specified Minnesota or similar state/federal statutes to trigger mandatory life sentence.

Court may not sentence person to life imprisonment for violation of section 609.345 unless person has a prior conviction for specified sex offenses or offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (2).

Section becomes effective August 1, 2010, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Authored by Hilstrom and Smith; referred to Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.