Bill Text: MI HB5671 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; robbery; description of armed robbery; modify. Amends sec. 529 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.529).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-01 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/28/2018 [HB5671 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5671-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5671

 

 

February 28, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 529 (MCL 750.529), as amended by 2004 PA 128.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 529. (1) A person who engages in conduct proscribed under

 

section 530 and who in the course of engaging in that conduct ,

 

possesses does any of the following is guilty of armed robbery:

 

     (a) Possesses a dangerous weapon. or an

 

     (b) Possesses an article used or fashioned in a manner to lead

 

any that would cause a reasonable person present to reasonably

 

believe the article is a dangerous weapon. , or who represents

 

     (c) Represents orally or otherwise that he or she is in

 

possession of possesses a dangerous weapon. ,

 

     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony

punishable by imprisonment for life or for any term of years.

 

     (3) If a violation of this section results in an aggravated

 

assault of or serious injury is inflicted by to any other person,

 

while violating this section, the person shall must be sentenced to

 

a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.