Pennsylvania Act 1995-31 (session 1) — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S) - AMEND SENTENCING FIRST DEGREE MURDER

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JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S) - AMEND SENTENCING FIRST DEGREE MURDER
        Act of Nov. 17, 1995, Special Session 1, P.L. 1117, No. 31    Cl. 42
                      Special Session No. 1 of 1995
                               No. 1995-31

     SB 72

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
        Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
        sentencing for first degree murder.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
      § 9711.  Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
        * * *
        (d)  Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
     shall be limited to the following:
            * * *
            (17)  At the time of the killing, the victim was in her
        third trimester of pregnancy or the defendant had knowledge
        of the victim's pregnancy.
        * * *
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 17th day of November, A. D. 1995.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE