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MS SB2351
Bill
AI Summary
- Amends Mississippi Code Section 99-19-81 to add an age requirement to habitual offender sentencing provisions
- Requires that an offender was 18 years of age or older at the time of prior felony convictions to be subject to mandatory maximum sentencing as a habitual offender
- Maintains existing requirement that habitual offenders have two prior felony convictions on separate charges and have served separate sentences of one year or more
- Allows judges to deviate from maximum sentence only by providing written explanation in the sentencing order
- Takes effect July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Habitual offender; revise sentencing as.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/5/2019
Committee Referrals
Judiciary, Division A1/21/2019
Full Bill Text
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