GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 399

Short Title:  Increase Some Felony Penalties/AB.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Baker; Cansler, Capps, Clary, Culp, Hurley, McMahan, Redwine, and Warner.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II.

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March 9, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CLASS B2, C, AND D FELONY OFFENSES AND TO AUTHORIZE AN ACTIVE PUNISHMENT FOR PRIOR RECORD LEVELS I AND II OF CLASS H FELONY OFFENSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1340.17(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Punishments for Each Class of Offense and Prior Record Level; Punishment Chart Described. – The authorized punishment for each class of offense and prior record level is as specified in the chart below.  Prior record levels are indicated by the Roman numerals placed horizontally on the top of the chart.  Classes of offense are indicated by the letters placed vertically on the left side of the chart.  Each cell on the chart contains the following components:
(1)	A sentence disposition or dispositions: 'C' indicates that a community punishment is authorized; 'I' indicates that an intermediate punishment is authorized; 'A' indicates that an active punishment is authorized; and 'Life Imprisonment Without Parole' indicates that the defendant shall be imprisoned for the remainder of the prisoner's natural life.
(2)	A presumptive range of minimum durations, if the sentence of imprisonment is neither aggravated or mitigated; any minimum term of imprisonment in that range is permitted unless the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.16 that an aggravated or mitigated sentence is appropriate.  The presumptive range is the middle of the three ranges in the cell.
(3)	A mitigated range of minimum durations if the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.16 that a mitigated sentence of imprisonment is justified; in such a case, any minimum term of imprisonment in the mitigated range is permitted.  The mitigated range is the lower of the three ranges in the cell.
(4)	An aggravated range of minimum durations if the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.16 that an aggravated sentence of imprisonment is justified; in such a case, any minimum term of imprisonment in the aggravated range is permitted.  The aggravated range is the higher of the three ranges in the cell.

PRIOR RECORD LEVEL

I	II	III	IV	V	VI
0 Pts	1-4 Pts	5-8 Pts	 9-14 Pts	15-18 Pts	19+ Pts

A	Life Imprisonment or Death as Established by Statute
A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
240-300	288-360	336-420	384-480	Life Imprisonment	Aggravated
Without Parole
B1	192-240	230-288	269-336	307-384	346-433	384-480	PRESUMPTIVE
144-192	173-230	202-269	230-307	260-346	288-384	Mitigated

A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																		180-225	216-270	252-315	288-360	324-405	360-450	Aggravated
B2	144-180	173-216	202-252	230-288	259-324	288-360	PRESUMPTIVE
108-144	130-173	152-202	173-230	194-259	216-288	Mitigated

A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION 
																			84-105	115-144	134-168	152-190	172-215	192-240	Aggravated
C	 67-84	92-115	107-134	122-152	138-172	154-192	PRESUMPTIVE
50-67	69-92	80-107	92-122	104-138	116-154	Mitigated

A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																			74-93	89-111	118-148	135-169	152-190	168-210	Aggravated
D	 59-74	71-89	94-118	108-135	122-152	134-168	PRESUMPTIVE
44-59	53-71	71-94	81-108	92-122	101-134	Mitigated

I/A	I/A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
25-31	 29-36	34-42	46-58	53-66	59-74	Aggravated
E	 20-25	 23-29	27-34	37-46	42-53	47-59	PRESUMPTIVE
15-20	 17-23	20-27	28-37	32-42	35-47	Mitigated

I/A	I/A	I/A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
16-20	19-24	21-26	25-31	34-42	39-49	Aggravated
F	13-16	15-19	17-21	20-25	27-34	31-39	PRESUMPTIVE
10-13	11-15	13-17	15-20	20-27	23-31	Mitigated

I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A	A	A	DISPOSITION
13-16	15-19	16-20	20-25	21-26	29-36	Aggravated
G	10-13	12-15	13-16	16-20	17-21	23-29	PRESUMPTIVE
8-10	 9-12	10-13	12-16	13-17	17-23	Mitigated

C/I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A A DISPOSITION
6-8	8-10	10-12	11-14	15-19	20-25	Aggravated
H	5-6	6-8	 8-10	 9-11	12-15	16-20	PRESUMPTIVE
4-5	4-6	 6-8	 7-9	 9-12	12-16	Mitigated

C	C/I	I	I/A	I/A	I/A	DISPOSITION
6-8	6-8	6-8	8-10	9-11	10-12	Aggravated
I	4-6	4-6	5-6	6-8	7-9	 8-10	PRESUMPTIVE
3-4	3-4	4-5	4-6	5-7	 6-8	Mitigated

Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.