PRINTER'S NO. 2586
No. 2099 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY VEON, COY, BUXTON, M. COHEN, TIGUE, CESSAR, SURRA,
STABACK, DeLUCA, CARONE, BUTKOVITZ, PRESTON, KELLER,
PETRARCA, FAJT, L. I. COHEN, ROONEY, McCALL, LAUGHLIN,
WILLIAMS, BATTISTO, GIGLIOTTI, STISH, MELIO AND DURHAM,
OCTOBER 6, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 6, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 murder in the third degree and for attempted criminal
4 homicide.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2502 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 2502. Murder.
10 * * *
11 (c.1) Vehicle occupant's culpability.--
12 (1) A person commits murder in the third degree if he is
13 an occupant of a vehicle from which or in which a weapon is
14 intentionally discharged thereby killing a person.
15 (2) A person commits attempted criminal homicide if he
16 is an occupant of a vehicle from which or in which a weapon
17 is intentionally discharged with the purpose of injuring
1 another person.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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