PRINTER'S NO. 2723
No. 2198 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, PICCOLA, CALTAGIRONE, YANDRISEVITS,
NAILOR, PHILLIPS, YEWCIC, EGOLF, ALLEN, MASLAND, DeLUCA,
ARMSTRONG, SERAFINI, PETRARCA, LEVDANSKY, DEMPSEY, McGEEHAN,
LEH, SAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, GEIST, CLYMER, HENNESSEY, TRELLO,
RAYMOND, BARLEY, TIGUE, MELIO, STERN, CLARK, WOGAN, CAWLEY,
FARGO, SAURMAN, PERZEL, DRUCE, BELFANTI, COY, TANGRETTI,
MAITLAND, TULLI, CESSAR, STRITTMATTER AND TOMLINSON,
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 22, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 aggravating circumstances in sentencing for murder.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
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10 (d) Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
11 shall be limited to the following:
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13 (17) At the time of the killing, the victim was in her
14 third trimester of pregnancy or the defendant had knowledge
15 of the victim's pregnancy.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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