Senate Bill 181, January 23, 2004

El SENATE BILL 181 41r005l CF 41r0 1 37 By: The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Dyson, Hafer, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2004 Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings A BILL ENTITLED 1 AN ACT concerning 2 Crimes - Victim and Witness Intimidation - Death Penalty 3 FOR the purpose of making the first degree murder of victims, witnesses, and certain 4 individuals in the course of committing or attempting to commit certain crimes 5 relating to the individuals’ official duties or participation in certain proceedings, 6 reports, or investigations an aggravating factor for the purpose of imposing the 7 death penalty; and generally relating to victim and witness intimidation and the 8 death penalty. 9 BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10 Article - Criminal Law 11 Section 2-303(b) 12 Annotated Code of Maryland 13 (2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement) 14 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15 Article - Criminal Law 16 Section 2-303(g)(l) 17 Annotated Code of Maryland 18 (2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement) 19 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 20 MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 Article - Criminal Law 22 2-303. 23 (b) If the State gave notice under § 2-202(a)(l) of this title, a separate 24 sentencing proceeding shall be held as soon as practicable after a defendant is found 25 guilty of murder in the first degree to determine whether the defendant shall be 26 sentenced to death. EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.