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MS HB447
Bill
Status
Failed
2/2/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mark Formby
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AI Summary
- Amends Mississippi Code sections 99-19-81 and 99-19-83 to prohibit plea bargaining for habitual offenders convicted of violent crimes
- Bars plea bargaining for any person with two prior violent criminal offense convictions who is sentenced under habitual offender statutes
- Defines "violent criminal offense" as any act or attempted criminal act which can cause serious bodily harm
- Applies to offenders sentenced under both the two-felony conviction provision (maximum sentence) and the violent felony provision (life sentence)
- Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/2/2010
Full Bill Text
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