SB117 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Capital cases, sentencing, court prohibited from overriding jury verdict, Secs. 13A-5-45, 13A-5-46, 13A-5-47 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, in a capital case, the jury may recommend to the court the sentence of a person convicted of a capital offense, but the court is not required to accept the jury's recommendation.
This bill would prohibit a court from overriding a verdict by a jury in a capital case.
Subjects: Criminal Law and Procedure

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary