Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof. (SB560)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
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 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Redefinition of the triggerman rule. Redefines the "triggerman rule," which currently provides that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty and that accessories and principals in the second degree can be punished only as if guilty of first degree murder. This bill allows principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact to be charged as principals in the first degree in the cases of murder for hire, murder involving a continuing criminal enterprise, and terrorism. This bill allows, in all other cases of capital murder, a principal in the second degree to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he had the same intent to kill as the principal in the first degree. The bill allows an accessory before the fact to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he ordered or directed the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing. Amends § 18.2-18, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

  • 01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086244288
  • 01/09/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/11/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB560)
  • 01/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
  • 01/15/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB560)
  • 01/30/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/01/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/04/2008 Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/05/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/05/2008 Communicated to House
  • 02/12/2008 Placed on Calendar
  • 02/12/2008 Read first time
  • 02/12/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
  • 02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
  • 02/15/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/19/2008 Read second time
  • 02/20/2008 Passed by for the day
  • 02/21/2008 Passed by for the day
  • 02/22/2008 Read third time
  • 02/22/2008 Passed House (78-Y 17-N)
  • 02/22/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (78-Y 17-N)
  • 02/25/2008 Enrolled
  • 02/25/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB560ER)
  • 02/25/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB560ER)
  • 02/25/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB560ER)
  • 02/25/2008 Signed by Speaker
  • 02/26/2008 Signed by President
  • 03/06/2008 G Vetoed by Governor
  • 03/07/2008 Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (24-Y 16-N)
  • 03/07/2008 Senate sustained Governor's veto