Bill Summaries: H918 (2017-2018 Session)

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  • Bill H 918 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 25 2017 - View summary

    Enacts new GS 15A-1340.16E. Increases the minimum term of imprisonment for a violent felony by 24 months and increases the corresponding maximum term when it is found that the offender intentionally posted a clip depicting the commission of the felony on the internet. Requires the indictment or information for the felony to allege facts that the offender posted the clip, and requires the State to prove that the offender posted the clip beyond a reasonable doubt unless the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, in which case a jury must be impaneled. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

    Appropriates $120,191 for 2017-18 from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts to be allocated to the NC Conference of District Attorneys to establish a resource prosecutor position regarding the prosecution of violent crimes intentionally posted on the internet. Effective July 1, 2017.
    Courts/Judiciary, Court System, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, Budget/Appropriations
    APPROP, GS 15A

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