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HB 676 Methamphetamine; increases mandatory minimum sentence range for manufacturing, etc.

Introduced by: Charles D. Poindexter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Manufacturing, etc., methamphetamine; mandatory minimum sentence. Increases the bottom end of the sentence range for manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine to 10 years with a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence. Currently, the bottom end of the sentence range is five years and an offense that involves 28 grams or more is subject to a three-year mandatory minimum sentence, except that for 227 grams or more, the mandatory minimum sentence increases to five years.


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