REPORT TITLE:
Murder; 1st Degree


DESCRIPTION:
Expands the scope of first degree murder to include the murder of
a witness during a criminal investigation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 707-701, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(1)  A person commits the offense of murder in the first
 
 4 degree if the person intentionally or knowingly causes the death
 
 5 of:
 
 6      (a)  More than one person in the same or separate incident;
 
 7      (b)  A peace officer, judge, or prosecutor arising out of
 
 8           the performance of official duties;
 
 9      (c)  A person known or should have been known by the
 
10           defendant to be a witness in a criminal investigation
 
11           or criminal prosecution;
 
12      (d)  A person by a hired killer, in which event both the
 
13           person hired and the person responsible for hiring the
 
14           killer shall be punished under this section; or
 
15      (e)  A person while the defendant was imprisoned."
 
16      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
17      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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19                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________