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SB 286: Sentencing of Minors

GENERAL BILL by Campbell

Sentencing of Minors; limits age at which minor convicted of offense punishable by death or life imprisonment may be sentenced as adult; revises requirements for state attorney re prosecuting minor as adult for certain violent felonies & for offense punishable by death or life imprisonment; requires court to conduct hearing after child has reached specified age to determine whether child is rehabilitated, etc. Amends 985.225,.233,.226,.227; creates 985.2335.

Effective Date: 07/01/2002
Last Action: 3/22/2002 Senate - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/12/2001 Senate • Prefiled
    10/23/2001 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Appropriations
    1/22/2002 Senate • Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 00022
    3/22/2002 Senate • Died in Committee on Criminal Justice

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  • SB 286, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/13/2001 at 12:18 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    985.225 Indictment of a juvenile.
    985.226 Criteria for waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing on motion to transfer for prosecution as an adult.
    985.227 Prosecution of juveniles as adults by the direct filing of an information in the criminal division of the circuit court; discretionary criteria; mandatory criteria.
    985.233 Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults.
    985.2335

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