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2001 SESSION

010336252
SENATE BILL NO. 1298
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled January 10, 2001
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-52.01, relating to multiple felonious assaults and murder; penalty.
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Patrons-- Mims and Rerras
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-52.01 as follows:

§ 18.2-52.01. Multiple felonious assaults; penalty.

A. If any person commits two or more violations of § 18.2-51, 18.2-51.1, 18.2-51.2 or § 18.2-52, or any combination of two or more violations of such provisions as part of the same act or transaction, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony. If any person commits any combination of one or more violations of § 18.2-51, 18.2-51.1, 18.2-51.2 or § 18.2-52 with a violation of § 18.2-32, 18.2-32.1 or § 18.2-33, as part of the same act or transaction, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.

B. A violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Punishment may be imposed for a violation of this section in addition to any punishment that is imposed for violations of the predicate provisions enumerated in subsection A.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined.