GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 11

Short Title:  Voluntary Manslaughter/Class D Felony. 	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Gulley; Albertson, Cooper, Dannelly, Foxx, Hoyle, Kerr, Lee, Lucas, Miller, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Rand, Shaw of Cumberland, Soles, Warren, Weinstein, Wellons, and Winner.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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February 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE NORTH CAROLINA SENTENCING AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE OFFENSE OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER BE INCREASED FROM A CLASS E FELONY TO A CLASS D FELONY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-18 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-18.  Punishment for manslaughter.
Voluntary manslaughter shall be punishable as a Class D felony, and involuntary manslaughter shall be punishable as a Class F felony."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.