Senate Bill sb1472

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1472

    By Senator Posey





    24-1151-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to aggravating circumstances in

  3         the commission of a capital felony; amending s.

  4         921.141, F.S.; providing an additional

  5         aggravating circumstance for imposing the death

  6         penalty on a defendant who was under a court

  7         order to have no contact with the victim at the

  8         time of the commission of the felony; providing

  9         an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (p) is added to subsection (5) of

14  section 921.141, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         921.141  Sentence of death or life imprisonment for

16  capital felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence.--

17         (5)  AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES.--Aggravating

18  circumstances shall be limited to the following:

19         (p)  The capital felony was committed by the defendant

20  while he or she was under a court order to have no contact or

21  to have no violent contact with the victim.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Provides an additional aggravating circumstance for
      imposing the death penalty on a defendant who was under a
27    court order to have no contact with the victim at the
      time of the commission of the felony.
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