LD 300
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Page 1 of 2 An Act to Require Life Imprisonment for Habitual Violent Offenders LD 300 Title Page
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LR 71
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(11)__Criminal restraint;

 
(12)__Burglary;

 
(13)__Robbery;

 
(14)__Arson; or

 
(15)__Any other offense involving the actual or
threatened use of a deadly weapon or dangerous
instrument, or the intentional or knowing infliction of
serious physical harm upon another person.

 
2.__Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court
shall set a life term of imprisonment for habitual violent
offenders.__The sentence may not include a period of probation or
any other form of release from actual confinement.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill defines "habitual violent offender" as a person who
has 3 convictions for certain violent offenses including murder,
felony murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, elevated
aggravated assault, gross sexual assault, sexual abuse of a
minor, unlawful sexual contact, sexual exploitation of a minor,
kidnapping, criminal restraint, burglary, robbery, arson, any
other offense involving the actual or threatened use of a deadly
weapon or dangerous instrument or the intentional or knowing
infliction of serious physical harm upon another person. A
habitual violent offender must be sentenced to mandatory life
imprisonment without probation or any other form of release from
confinement.


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