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House Journal: Page 511: Wednesday, February 22, 1995

 8     a.  That the defendant did not directly commit the
 9   murder and the defendant did not intend to kill or
10   anticipate that lethal force would be used.
11     b.  That the defendant's capacity to appreciate the
12   wrongfulness of the defendant's conduct and to conform
13   that conduct to the requirements of law was
14   significantly impaired as a result of a mental disease
15   or defect or mental retardation, but not to a degree
16   sufficient to constitute a defense.
17     c.  That the defendant acted under extreme duress
18   or under the substantial domination of another
19   person."
Fallon of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-3151A, to the committee amendment H-3109.
Fallon of Polk moved the adoption to amendment H-3151B, to the
committee amendment H-3109.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 33, nays 58.
Amendment H-3151B lost.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-3150, to the
committee amendment H-3109, filed by Kreiman, Moreland and
Bernau from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-3150
 1     Amend the amendment, H-3109, to House File 2 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 7, by inserting after line 42 the
 4   following:
 5     "   .  After a verdict has been rendered it shall
 6   be recorded on the jury verdict form and shall be read
 7   and recorded in open court.  The jurors shall be
 8   collectively asked by the court whether the verdict
 9   returned is their true and correct verdict.  Even
10   though no juror makes any declaration to the contrary,
11   the jury shall, if either party so requests, be polled
12   and each juror shall be separately asked whether the
13   verdict rendered by the jury foreperson is the juror's
14   true and correct verdict.  If, upon either the
15   collective or the separate inquiry, any juror denies
16   that the verdict is the juror's verdict, the court
17   shall refuse to accept the verdict.  The court may
18   direct inquiry or permit inquiry by counsel to
19   ascertain whether any juror has been subjected to
20   coercion or has become confused during the jury

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