2240-S AMH GRAH LEON 342

  

SHB 2240 - H AMD 1269

By Representative Graham

On page 4, after line 6, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW to read as follows:

(1) A person is guilty of aggravated first degree murder with a large capacity magazine if he or she commits first degree murder, as defined in RCW 9A.32.030(1)(a), as now or hereafter amended, where: There was more than one victim; The murders were part of a common scheme or plan or the result of a single act of the person; and the person possessed a large capacity magazine, as defined in section 1 of this act, in furtherance of the offense.

(2) Aggravated first degree murder with a large capacity magazine is a class A felony and is subject to the penalties under RCW 10.95.030, requiring either a sentence of death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:   

Establishes Aggravated First Degree Murder with a large capacity magazine, which is committed when a person commits premeditated Murder in the first degree and the following apply: There was more than one victim; the murders were part of a common scheme or plan or the result of a single act of the person; and the person possessed a large capacity magazine in furtherance of the offense.

Provides that a person convicted of Aggravated First Degree Murder with a large capacity magazine must be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release.

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