0001|                            HOUSE BILL 451
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             MIMI STEWART
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CRIMINAL SENTENCING; CLARIFYING THAT A PERSON MAY
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0012|     BE SENTENCED TO SERVE CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR BOTH MURDER IN
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0013|     THE FIRST DEGREE AND AN UNDERLYING FELONY; AMENDING A SECTION
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0014|     OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 31-18-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979,
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0018|     Chapter 150, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|          "31-18-14.  SENTENCING AUTHORITY--CAPITAL FELONIES.--
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0020|               A.  When a defendant has been convicted of a capital
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0021|     felony, he shall be punished by life imprisonment or death. 
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0022|     The punishment shall be imposed after a sentencing hearing
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0023|     separate from the trial or guilty plea proceeding.  However, if
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0024|     the defendant has not reached the age of majority at the time
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0025|     of the commission of the capital felony for which he was
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0001|     convicted, he may be sentenced to life imprisonment but shall
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0002|     not be punished by death.
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0003|               B.  In the event the death penalty in a capital
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0004|     felony case is held to be unconstitutional or otherwise
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0005|     invalidated by the supreme court of the state of New Mexico or
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0006|     the supreme court of the United States, the person previously
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0007|     sentenced to death for a capital felony shall be sentenced to
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0008|     life imprisonment.
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0009|               <u>C.  A person who commits murder in the first degree
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<u></u>0010| <u>    while in the commission of any felony or while attempting to
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<u></u>0011| <u>    commit any felony, as provided in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A
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<u></u>0012| <u>    of Section 30-2-1 NMSA 1978, may be charged with and convicted
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<u></u>0013| <u>    of both murder in the first degree and the underlying felony.
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<u></u>0014| <u>    The person may be sentenced to serve consecutive sentences for
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<u></u>0015| <u>    both murder in the first degree and the underlying felony.</u>"
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0016|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0017|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0018|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0019|                      House of Representatives
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0020|   
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0021|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025|                                               February 15, 1997
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0003|   Mr. Speaker:
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0005|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0006|   
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0007|                        HOUSE BILL 451
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0008|                               
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0009|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0011|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0013|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0019| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0022|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0024|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0001|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0003|   The roll call vote was<u> 9 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0004|   Yes:      9
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0005|             Excused:  Carpenter, Luna, Rios, Sanchez
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0006|             Absent:   None
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0009|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0451                       State of New Mexico
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0010|                      House of Representatives
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0012|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016|                                               February 27, 1997
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0018|   
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0019|   Mr. Speaker:
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0020|   
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0021|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0022|   whom has been referred
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0023|   
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0024|                        HOUSE BILL 451
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0025|                               
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0001|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0004|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0010| <u>                                </u>                             Max Coll, Chairman
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0013|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0015|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0017|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0019|   The roll call vote was <u> 15 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0020|   Yes:      15
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0021|             Excused:  Garcia, M.H., Watchman
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0022|             Absent:   None
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0002|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006|                                                  March 16, 1997
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0008|   Mr. President:
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0010|       Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                           HOUSE BILL 451
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0013|   
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0017|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0022|   __________________________________
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0023|                                Fernando R. Macias, Chairman 
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0002|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0003|   Adopted_______________________
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0008|                     Date ________________________
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0011|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0012|           Yes:    6
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0013|           No:     0
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0014|                Excused:     Sanchez, Vernon
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0015|           Absent: None
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