HOUSE JUDICIARY ABSTRACT
ATTORNEY: JML

BILL NUMBER: H. B. 2439

SPONSORS:Delegates Trump, Staton, Faircloth, Pino, L. White and Yeager

DATE:January 15, 1998
TITLE:OKCode: § 61-11-18 (amend)


This bill amends the section of the Code relating to the punishment of repeat felons. Current law provides that a court must, when imposing a sentence of a definite term of years, add five years to the sentence of a person convicted of a felony if it determines that the person has previously been convicted of a felony. Current law also provides that when a court imposes an indeterminate felony sentence on a person with at least one prior felony conviction, five years must be added to the maximum term of imprisonment. This bill adds the requirement that when an indeterminate felony sentence is imposed on a person with at least one prior felony conviction, four years must be added to the minimum term of imprisonment .


Effective Date:Regular