GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
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HOUSE BILL 1607
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Short Title: Adjust B1-E Felony Penalties. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Bordsen and Glazier (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary II, if favorable, Appropriations. |
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May 7, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reallocate three months from the minimum sentence of classes b1 through e to the maximum sentence, and to increase the period of post-release supervision from nine months to twelve months.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 15A-1340.17 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A-1340.17. Punishment limits for each class of offense and prior record level.
(a) Offense Classification; Default Classifications. - The offense classification is as specified in the offense for which the sentence is being imposed. If the offense is a felony for which there is no classification, it is a Class I felony.
(b) Fines. - Any judgment that includes a sentence of imprisonment may also include a fine. If a community punishment is authorized, the judgment may consist of a fine only. Additionally, when the defendant is other than an individual, the judgment may consist of a fine only. Unless otherwise provided, the amount of the fine is in the discretion of the court.
(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 Without Parole 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
237-297 285-357 333-417 381-477 Life Imprisonment Aggravated
Without Parole
B1 189-237 227-285 266-333 304-381 343-430 381-477 PRESUMPTIVE
141-189 170-227 199-266 227-304 257-343 285-381 Mitigated
A A A A A A DISPOSITION
157-196
189-237 220-276 251-313
282-353 313-392
Aggravated
B2 125-157
151-189 176-220 201-251
225-282 251-313
PRESUMPTIVE
94-125
114-151 132-176 151-201
169-225 188-251
Mitigated
154-193 186-234 217-273 248-310 279-350 310-389 Aggravated
B2 122-154 148-186 173-217 198-248 222-279 248-310 PRESUMPTIVE
91-122 111-148 129-173 148-198 166-222 185-248 Mitigated
A A A A A A DISPOSITION
73-92
100-125 116-145 133-167
151-188 168-210
Aggravated
C 58-73
80-100 93-116
107-133 121-151
135-168 PRESUMPTIVE
44-58
60-80 70-93
80-107 90-121
101-135
Mitigated
70-89 97-122 113-142 130-164 148-185 165-207 Aggravated
C 55-70 77-97 90-113 104-130 118-148 132-165 PRESUMPTIVE
41-55 57-77 67-90 77-104 87-118 98-132 Mitigated
A A A A A A DISPOSITION
64-80
77-95 103-129
117-146 133-167
146-183
Aggravated
D 51-64
61-77 82-103
94-117 107-133
117-146 PRESUMPTIVE
38-51
46-61 61-82
71-94 80-107
88-117
Mitigated
61-77 74-92 100-126 114-143 130-164 143-180 Aggravated
D 48-61 58-74 79-100 91-114 104-130 114-143 PRESUMPTIVE
35-48 43-58 58-79 68-91 77-104 85-114 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
22-28 26-33 31-39 43-55 50-63 56-71 Aggravated
E 17-22 20-26 24-31 34-43 39-50 44-56 PRESUMPTIVE
12-17 14-20 17-24 25-34 29-39 32-44 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
(d) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class F through Class I Felonies. - Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class F through Class I felonies. The first figure in each cell in the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.
3-4 4-5 5-6 6-8 7-9 8-10 9-11 10-12
11-14 12-15 13-16 14-17 15-18 16-20 17-21 18-22
19-23 20-24 21-26 22-27 23-28 24-29 25-30 26-32
27-33 28-34 29-35 30-36 31-38 32-39 33-40 34-41
35-42 36-44 37-45 38-46 39-47 40-48 41-50 42-51
43-52 44-53 45-54 46-56 47-57 48-58 49-59
(e) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Felonies for Minimum Terms up to 339 Months. - Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class B1 through Class E felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.
15-27
16-29 17-30
18-31 19-32
20-33 21-35
22-36
23-37
24-38 25-39
26-41 27-42
28-43 29-44
30-45
31-47
32-48 33-49
34-50 35-51
36-53 37-54
38-55
39-56
40-57 41-59
42-60 43-61
44-62 45-63
46-65
47-66
48-67 49-68
50-69 51-71
52-72 53-73
54-74
55-75
56-77 57-78
58-79 59-80
60-81 61-83
62-84
63-85
64-86 65-87
66-89 67-90
68-91 69-92
70-93
71-95
72-96 73-97
74-98 75-99
76-101 77-102
78-103
79-104
80-105 81-107
82-108 83-109
84-110 85-111
86-113
87-114
88-115 89-116
90-117 91-119
92-120 93-121
94-122
95-123
96-125 97-126
98-127 99-128
100-129 101-131
102-132
103-133 104-134
105-135 106-137 107-138
108-139 109-140
110-141
111-143 112-144
113-145 114-146 115-147
116-149 117-150
118-151
119-152 120-153
121-155 122-156 123-157
124-158 125-159
126-161
127-162 128-163
129-164 130-165 131-167
132-168 133-169
134-170
135-171 136-173
137-174 138-175 139-176
140-177 141-179
142-180
143-181 144-182
145-183 146-185 147-186
148-187 149-188
150-189
151-191 152-192
153-193 154-194 155-195
156-197 157-198
158-199
159-200 160-201
161-203 162-204 163-205
164-206 165-207
166-209
167-210 168-211
169-212 170-213 171-215
172-216 173-217
174-218
175-219 176-221
177-222 178-223 179-224
180-225 181-227
182-228
183-229 184-230
185-231 186-233 187-234
188-235 189-236
190-237
191-239 192-240
193-241 194-242 195-243
196-245 197-246
198-247
199-248 200-249
201-251 202-252 203-253
204-254 205-255
206-257
207-258 208-259
209-260 210-261 211-263
212-264 213-265
214-266
215-267 216-269
217-270 218-271 219-272
220-273 221-275
222-276
223-277 224-278
225-279 226-281 227-282
228-283 229-284
230-285
231-287 232-288
233-289 234-290 235-291
236-293 237-294
238-295
239-296 240-297
241-299 242-300 243-301
244-302 245-303
246-305
247-306 248-307
249-308 250-309 251-311
252-312 253-313
254-314
255-315 256-317
257-318 258-319 259-320
260-321 261-323
262-324
263-325 264-326
265-327 266-329 267-330
268-331 269-332
270-333
271-335 272-336
273-337 274-338 275-339
276-341 277-342
278-343
279-344 280-345
281-347 282-348 283-349
284-350 285-351
286-353
287-354 288-355
289-356 290-357 291-359
292-360 293-361
294-362
295-363 296-365
297-366 298-367 299-368
300-369 301-371
302-372
303-373 304-374
305-375 306-377 307-378
308-379 309-380
310-381
311-383 312-384
313-385 314-386 315-387
316-389 317-390
318-391
319-392 320-393
321-395 322-396 323-397
324-398 325-399
326-401
327-402 328-403
329-404 330-405 331-407
332-408 333-409
334-410
335-411 336-413
337-414 338-415 339-416
12-27 13-28 14-29 15-30 16-32 17-33 18-34 19-35
20-36 21-38 22-39 23-40 24-41 25-42 26-44 27-45
28-46 29-47 30-48 31-50 32-51 33-52 34-53 35-54
36-56 37-57 38-58 39-59 40-60 41-62 42-63 43-64
44-65 45-66 46-68 47-69 48-70 49-71 50-72 51-74
52-75 53-76 54-77 55-78 56-80 57-81 58-82 59-83
60-84 61-86 62-87 63-88 64-89 65-90 66-92 67-93
68-94 69-95 70-96 71-98 72-99 73-l00 74-101 75-102
76-104 77-105 78-106 79-107 80-108 81-110 82-111 83-112
84-113 85-114 86-116 87-117 88-118 89-119 90-120 91-122
92-123 93-124 94-125 95-126 96-128 97-129 98-130 99-131
100-132 101-134 102-135 103-136 104-137 105-138 106-140 107-141
108-142 109-143 110-144 111-146 112-147 113-148 114-149 115-150
116-152 117-153 118-154 119-155 120-156 121-158 122-159 123-160
124-161 125-162 126-164 127-165 128-166 129-167 130-168 131-170
132-171 133-172 134-173 135-174 136-176 137-177 138-178 139-179
140-180 141-182 142-183 143-184 144-185 145-186 146-188 147-189
148-190 149-191 150-192 151-194 152-195 153-196 154-197 155-198
156-200 157-201 158-202 159-203 160-204 161-206 162-207 163-208
164-209 165-210 166-212 167-213 168-214 169-215 170-216 171-218
172-219 173-220 174-221 175-222 176-224 177-225 178-226 179-227
180-228 181-230 182-231 183-232 184-233 185-234 186-236 187-237
188-238 189-239 190-240 191-242 192-243 193-244 194-245 195-246
196-248 197-249 198-250 199-251 200-252 201-254 202-255 203-256
204-257 205-258 206-260 207-261 208-262 209-263 210-264 211-266
212-267 213-268 214-269 215-270 216-272 217-273 218-274 219-275
220-276 221-278 222-279 223-280 224-281 225-282 226-284 227-285
228-286 229-287 230-288 231-290 232-291 233-292 234-293 235-294
236-296 237-297 238-298 239-299 240-300 241-302 242-303 243-304
244-305 245-306 246-308 247-309 248-310 249-311 250-312 251-314
252-315 253-316 254-317 255-318 256-320 257-321 258-322 259-323
260-324 261-326 262-327 263-328 264-329 265-330 266-332 267-333
268-334 269-335 270-336 271-338 272-339 273-340 274-341 275-342
276-344 277-345 278-346 279-347 280-348 281-350 282-351 283-352
284-353 285-354 286-356 287-357 288-358 289-359 290-360 291-362
292-363 293-364 294-365 295-366 296-368 297-369 298-370 299-371
300-372 301-374 302-375 303-376 304-377 305-378 306-380 307-381
308-382 309-383 310-384 311-386 312-387 313-388 314-389 315-390
316-392 317-393 318-394 319-395 320-396 321-398 322-399 323-400
324-401 325-402 326-404 327-405 328-406 329-407 330-408 331-410
332-411 333-412 334-413 335-414 336-416 337-417 338-418 339-419
(e1) Maximum Sentences
Specified for Class B1 through Class E Felonies for Minimum Terms of 340 Months
or More. - Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for
a specific crime, when the minimum sentence is 340 months or more, the
corresponding maximum term of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the
minimum term of imprisonment and twenty percent (20%) of the minimum term of
imprisonment, rounded to the next highest month, plus nine 12 additional
months."
SECTION 2. G.S. 15A-1368(a)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5) Maximum imposed term. -
The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on an individual prisoner by a court
judgment, as described in G.S. 15A-1340.13(c). When a prisoner is serving
consecutive prison terms, the maximum imposed term, for purposes of this
Article, is the sum of all maximum terms imposed in the court judgment or
judgments, less nine 12 months for each of the second and
subsequent sentences imposed for Class B through Class E felonies."
SECTION 3. G.S. 15A-1368.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A-1368.2. Post-release supervision eligibility and procedure.
(a) A prisoner to
whom this Article applies shall be released from prison for post-release
supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum imposed prison term less nine
months, less any earned time awarded by the Department of Correction or the
custodian of a local confinement facility under G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). If a
prisoner has not been awarded any earned time, the prisoner shall be released
for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum prison term
less nine 12 months.
(b) A prisoner shall not refuse post-release supervision.
(c) A supervisee's
period of post-release supervision shall be for a period of nine 12 months,
unless the offense is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to
Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. For offenses subject to the
registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes,
the period of post-release supervision is five years. The conditions of post-release
supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A-1368.5.
(c1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, a person required to submit to satellite-based monitoring pursuant to G.S. 15A-1368.4(b1)(6) shall continue to participate in satellite-based monitoring beyond the period of post-release supervision until the Commission releases the person from that requirement pursuant to G.S. 14-208.43.
(d) A supervisee's period of post-release supervision may be reduced while the supervisee is under supervision by earned time awarded by the Department of Correction, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with law. A supervisee is eligible to receive earned time credit toward the period of supervision for compliance with reintegrative conditions described in G.S. 15A-1368.5.
(e) Repealed by Session Laws 1997-237, s. 7.
(f) When a supervisee completes the period of post-release supervision, the sentence or sentences from which the supervisee was placed on post-release supervision are terminated."
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.