Florida House Bill 961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - 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 for capital felony or capital drug-trafficking felony; 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 found to exist; requires court to instruct jury that each aggravating circumstance used to support jury's recommendation of death be proven beyond reasonable doubt by unanimous vote; requires that court provide special verdict form for each aggravating circumstance found.

Sentencing in Capital Felonies

Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Sen. Janet Cruz [D]	Sen. Kevin Rader [D]	Sen. Victor Torres [D]
Rep. Mark Pafford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-03-04	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-02-21	House	Filed

S0148 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Criminal Justice

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/2013/961
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0961/BillText/Filed/PDF