Bill Text: MS SB2083 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Manslaughter; increase maximum sentence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2083 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-SB2083-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) McDaniel

Senate Bill 2083

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-3-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-3-25.  Any person convicted of manslaughter shall be fined in a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both, or in the Penitentiary not less than two (2) years, nor more than thirty (30) years.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.

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