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HB 2120 Strangulation; admission to bail, alleged victim is a family or household member.

Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Admission to bail; strangulation. Adds strangulation where the alleged victim is a family or household member to the list of crimes charged for which there is a rebuttable presumption against admission to bail.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Admission to bail; strangulation. Adds strangulation to the list of crimes charged for which there is a rebuttable presumption against admission to bail.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Acts of violence; strangulation; penalty. Includes strangulation as an "act of violence" for application of the third-time offender statute, which requires a sentence of life imprisonment upon a third conviction of an act of violence.