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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6476 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3871 | |
| 3 | 3 | *03871_______JUD* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (JUD) | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 6476 | |
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| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2011 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 3871 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *03871_______JUD* | |
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| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
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| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (JUD) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING JURISDICTION IN HOMICIDE CASES. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Whenever the body of a homicide victim is found in this state, the death shall be presumed to have occurred in this state and, if jurisdiction is based on this presumption, this state shall retain jurisdiction unless the defendant proves by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) The act that caused the death did not occur in this state, (2) the death did not occur in this state, and (3) the defendant did not engage in any conduct in this state that is an element of the offense. | |
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| 33 | 33 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | 34 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 36 | 36 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 38 | 38 | Section 1 | |
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| 40 | 40 | from passage | |
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| 42 | 42 | New section | |
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| 44 | 44 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 46 | 46 | To clarify jurisdiction for criminal prosecution purposes when the body of a homicide victim is found in this state. | |
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| 48 | 48 | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |