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Legislative Update

Criminal

Controlled substances

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Criminal

S.E.A. 74, P.L. 89 Effective: July 1, 2018 Adds the substance Mexedrone to the definition of "synthetic drug" and adds additional controlled substances to the existing statutory list of depressants, hallucinogens, and opiates classified as schedule I. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/74 … [Read more...] about Controlled substances

Crimes resulting in the loss of a fetus

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Criminal

S.E.A. 203, P.L. 203 Effective: July 1, 2018 Provides that the crimes of: (1) murder; (2) voluntary manslaughter; (3) involuntary manslaughter; and (4) feticide; may be committed against a fetus in any stage of development. Specifies that the offenses do not apply to a: (1) lawfully performed abortion; or (2) pregnant woman with respect to a fetus carried by the woman. Provides, … [Read more...] about Crimes resulting in the loss of a fetus

Operating while intoxicated

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Criminal, Juvenile

S.E.A. 404, P.L. 63 Effective: July 1, 2018 Removes the minimum age requirement for a person to be convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, and specifies that the defense to certain operating while intoxicated offenses involving the use of a controlled substance only applies if the defendant consumed the controlled substance in accordance with a valid … [Read more...] about Operating while intoxicated

Broadening criminal justice treatment options

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Criminal

H.E.A. 1006, P.L. 65 Effective: March 13, 2018 Makes various changes to the criminal justice institute's annual report on the impact of criminal code reform on local units of government, the department of correction, and the office of judicial administration. Requires the report to be prepared in conjunction with the justice reinvestment advisory council (council). Adds probation … [Read more...] about Broadening criminal justice treatment options

Treatment of out-of-state convictions in sentencing

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Criminal

H.E.A. 1033, P.L. 20 Effective: March 8, 2018 Provides that, for purposes of law regarding death sentences and sentences for felonies and habitual offenders, a Level 6 felony conviction includes a conviction in another jurisdiction for which the offender might have been imprisoned for more than one year but less than two and one-half years. … [Read more...] about Treatment of out-of-state convictions in sentencing

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