The Florida Senate

HB 29: Sentencing in Capital Felonies

GENERAL BILL by Julien ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ahern ; Pafford ; Rehwinkel Vasilinda ; Rouson

Sentencing in Capital Felonies; Requires that advisory sentence of death be made by unanimous recommendation of jury after defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt for capital felony or capital drug trafficking felony; requires that court enter sentence notwithstanding unanimous recommendation of jury.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  6/27/2011	House	• Filed
  9/15/2011	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 10
  1/10/2012	House	• Introduced -HJ 10
  3/9/2012	House	• Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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• HB 29, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 6/27/2011 at 12:31 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 352	Sentencing In Capital Felonies	Braynon	Identical	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Criminal Justice Location: In committee/council (CJ)
  S 772	Sentencing in Capital Felonies	Altman	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Criminal Justice Location: In committee/council (CJ)

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  921.141	Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence.	Page 1 (pdf)
  921.142	Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital drug trafficking felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence.	Page 2 (pdf)

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