Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:152 Primary Sponsor:Martschink Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Murder, aggravating circumstance Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Companion Bill Number:3103 Computer Document Number:OLDVS/LIBOO/1963 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Martschink Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 152 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11 time, referred to Committee 152 Senate Sep 17, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-20(C)(a) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 604 of 1990, is further amended by adding:
"(11) The offender was engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise. A person engages in a continuing criminal enterprise if:
(a) he is one of the principal administrators, organizers, or leaders of an enterprise, acting in concert with five or more persons;
(b) (i) he is convicted of trafficking in illegal drugs involving a quantity at least twice that described in Sections 44-53-370(e)(2)(e), 44-53-370(e)(3)(c), or 44-53-370(e)(4)(d), or more than fifty-six grams of crack cocaine;
(ii) he is convicted of more than five violations of either Section 44-53-440 or 44-53-445, or combination of the two; or
(iii) the enterprise in which he was one of the principal administrators, organizers, or leaders received two million in gross receipts during any twelve month period of its existence for the illegal manufacture, importation, or distribution of a substance described in Section 44-53-370; and
(c) he previously was convicted of at least three drug related offenses which were felonies under either state or federal law."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.