0001|                        SENATE BILL 706
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        GARY DON REAGAN
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO CRIMINAL SENTENCES; CLARIFYING THAT A PERSON MAY BE
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0013|     SENTENCED TO SERVE CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR BOTH MURDER IN THE
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0014|     FIRST DEGREE AND THE UNDERLYING FELONY; AMENDING A SECTION OF
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0015|     THE CRIMINAL SENTENCING ACT.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  Section 31-18-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979,
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0019|     Chapter 150, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|       "31-18-14.  SENTENCING AUTHORITY--CAPITAL FELONIES.--
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0021|            A.  When a defendant has been convicted of a capital
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0022|     felony, he shall be punished by life imprisonment or death.  The
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0023|     punishment shall be imposed after a sentencing hearing separate
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0024|     from the trial or guilty plea proceeding.  However, if the
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0025|     defendant has not reached the age of majority at the time of the
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0001|     commission of the capital felony for which he was convicted, he
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0002|     may be sentenced to life imprisonment but shall not be punished
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0003|     by death.
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0004|            B.  In the event the death penalty in a capital
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0005|     felony case is held to be unconstitutional or otherwise
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0006|     invalidated by the supreme court of the state of New Mexico or
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0007|     the supreme court of the United States, the person previously
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0008|     sentenced to death for a capital felony shall be sentenced to
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0009|     life imprisonment.
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0010|            <u>C.  A person who commits murder in the first degree
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<u></u>0011| <u>    while in the commission of any felony or while attempting to
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<u></u>0012| <u>    commit any felony as provided in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A
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<u></u>0013| <u>    of Section 30-2-1 NMSA 1978 may be charged with and convicted of
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<u></u>0014| <u>    both murder in the first degree and the underlying felony.  The
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<u></u>0015| <u>    person may be sentenced to serve consecutive sentences for both
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<u></u>0016| <u>    murder in the first degree and the underlying felony</u>."
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0017|       Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0018|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0021|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0022|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0025|                                              FEBRUARY 9, 1996
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0002|   Mr. President:
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0003|   
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0004|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0005|   
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0006|                           SENATE BILL 706
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0007|   
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0008|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0009|   TO SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 5, and thence referred to the
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0010|   JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0012|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0017|                              __________________________________
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0018|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0021|   
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0022|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0023|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0007|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0008|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0011|                                                  February 12, 1996
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0013|   Mr. President:
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0014|   
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0015|     Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016|   
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0017|                           SENATE BILL 706
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0018|   
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0019|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0020|   it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0021|   
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0022|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0002|                              Janice D. Paster, Chairman 
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0006|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0007|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0010|                     Date ________________________
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0013|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 2 </u> Against
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0014|   Yes:  5
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0015|   No:        Sanchez, Tsosie
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0016|   Excused:   None
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0017|   Absent:    Carraro, Vernon
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0024|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0025|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0003|                                                  February 13, 1996
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0005|   Mr. President:
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0006|   
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0007|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008|   
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0009|                           SENATE BILL 706
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0010|   
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0011|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0012|   it DO PASS.
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0014|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0018|                              __________________________________
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0019|                              Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0023|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0024|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0003|                     Date ________________________
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0006|   The roll call vote was <u> 8 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0007|   Yes:  8
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0008|   No:        0
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0009|   Excused:   Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
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0010|   Absent:    None
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