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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to murder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 707-701, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if the person intentionally or knowingly causes the death of:
(a) More than one person in the same or separate incident;
(b) A law enforcement officer, judge, or prosecutor arising out of the performance of official duties;
(c) A person known by the defendant to be a witness in a criminal prosecution and the killing is related to the person's status as a witness;
(d) A person by a hired killer, in which event both the person hired and the person responsible for hiring the killer shall be punished under this section;
(e) A person while the defendant was imprisoned;
(f) A person from whom the defendant has been restrained, by order of any court, including an ex parte order, from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing pursuant to chapter 586;
(g) A person who is being protected by a police
officer ordering the defendant to leave the premises of that protected person
pursuant to section 709-906(4), during the effective period of that order; [or]
(h) A person known by the defendant to be a witness
in a family court proceeding and the killing is related to the person's status
as a witness[.]; or
(i) A person whom the defendant restrained or otherwise detained as a shield, hostage, or for ransom."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Penal Code; Murder; First Degree; Victim as Shield, Hostage, or Held for Ransom
Description:
Provides that first degree murder includes a case in which a victim is used as a shield or held as a hostage or for ransom.
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