Bill Text: MS SB2446 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Attempted murder; clarify punishment for.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2446 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2446-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Longwitz
Senate Bill 2446
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-1-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE AND CLARIFY THE PUNISHMENT FOR AN ATTEMPTED CRIME, AND TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC PENALTY FOR THE OFFENSE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-1-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-1-7. (1) Every person who shall design and endeavor to commit an offense, and shall do any overt act toward the commission thereof, but shall fail therein, or shall be prevented from committing the same, on conviction thereof, shall, where no other specific provision is made by law for the punishment of the attempt, be punished * * * for a period and for an amount not greater than is prescribed for the actual commission of the offense so attempted.
(2) Every person who shall design and endeavor to commit an act which, if accomplished, would constitute an offense of murder or capital murder under Section 97-3-19, but shall fail therein, or shall be prevented from committing the same, shall be guilty of attempted murder and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty (20) years or for life, in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
