House Study Bill 513 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ANDERSON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the criminal offense of solicitation to 1 commit murder and providing a penalty. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5230YC (4) 84 jm/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 707.3A Solicitation to commit 1 murder. 2 1. A person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to 3 persuade another to commit murder as defined in section 707.1, 4 with the intent that such act be done and under circumstances 5 which corroborate that intent by clear and convincing evidence, 6 solicits another to commit that murder. 7 2. Renunciation, as provided for in section 705.2, is a 8 defense to a prosecution for solicitation under this section. 9 3. A person who solicits another to commit murder commits a 10 class “C” felony. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill creates a criminal offense relating to the 13 solicitation to commit murder. 14 Under the bill, a person who commands, entreats, or 15 otherwise attempts to persuade another to commit murder as 16 defined in Code section 707.1, with the intent that such act be 17 done and under circumstances which corroborate that intent by 18 clear and convincing evidence, solicits another to commit that 19 murder. 20 The bill provides that a person who commits solicitation to 21 commit murder commits a class “C” felony. A class “C” felony 22 is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a 23 fine of at least $1,000 but not more than $10,000. 24 A general solicitation criminal offense is found in Code 25 section 705.1. 26 Code section 705.2 establishes renunciation as a defense to 27 solicitation. 28 -1- LSB 5230YC (4) 84 jm/rj 1/ 1