PRINTER'S NO. 3199

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2461 Session of 1992


        INTRODUCED BY DALEY, PRESTON, COWELL, SALOOM, NOYE, LANGTRY,
           BLAUM, DeLUCA, PERZEL, KOSINSKI, ARMSTRONG, CLYMER, PHILLIPS,
           MIHALICH, HASAY, CLARK, BELFANTI, GERLACH, JOHNSON, CESSAR,
           PETRARCA, GLADECK, MELIO, GEIST, NAHILL, HARLEY, TRICH,
           RICHARDSON, TULLI, DENT, BELARDI, MERRY AND BUTKOVITZ,
           MARCH 11, 1992

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 1992

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
     3     sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.

     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.
     9     * * *
    10     (d)  Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
    11  shall be limited to the following:
    12         * * *
    13         (17)  The defendant killed the victim in a drive-by
    14     shooting.
    15     * * *
    16     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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