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2008 SESSION

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SB 504 Assault and battery; penalty when against attorneys for State.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Assault and battery of attorney for the Commonwealth; penalties.  Provides that it is a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months to commit an assault or assault and battery against an attorney for the Commonwealth with the intent of preventing the attorney for the Commonwealth from performing his official duties.  The bill will become effective only if an appropriation of general funds effectuating the purposes of the bill is included in the appropriations act.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assault and battery; penalties.  Adds magistrates, attorneys for the Commonwealth, criminal-case jurors, and criminal-case witnesses who are engaged in their duties to the persons for whom there is an enhanced penalty if the person committing the assault knows or has reason to know the other person's status. The current penalty is a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum confinement of six months. This bill raises the penalty to a Class 4 felony with a mandatory minimum confinement of six months, for the added persons and those covered under current law which includes: judges, law-enforcement officers, certain Department of Corrections employees, firefighters, and rescue squad personnel.