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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 902.12, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Attempted murder in violation of 1 4 section 707.11. 1 5 EXPLANATION 1 6 This bill adds attempted murder to the list of offenses for 1 7 which a person, if convicted, must serve 100 percent of the 1 8 sentence and is only eligible for credit for good behavior of 1 9 up to 15 percent of the term. Attempted murder is a class "B" 1 10 felony. The sentence for class "B" felonies is confinement 1 11 for no more than 25 years. Adding attempted murder to the 1 12 list of offenses in Code section 902.12 means that a person 1 13 sentenced to 25 years for the offense will serve at least 1 14 21.25 years of the term imposed. 1 15 LSB 2193YH 77 1 16 lh/jw/5
Text: HF00285 Text: HF00287 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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