Florida House Bill 467 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that advisory sentence of death be made by unanimous recommendation of jury after defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt; requires court to instruct jury that, in order for jury to recommend to court that death penalty be imposed, jury must find that sufficient aggravating circumstances exist which outweigh any mitigating circumstances; requires court to instruct jury that each aggravating circumstance must be proven beyond reasonable doubt by unanimous vote; requires that court provide special verdict form for each aggravating circumstance.

Sentencing in Capital Felonies

Sen. Jose Rodriguez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-01-08	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2014-01-02	House	Filed

S0334 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice
H0369 (Similar To) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
921	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/467
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0467/BillText/Filed/PDF