WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 600

CHAPTER 600

(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT concerning

Death Penalty - Aggravating Circumstances

FOR the purpose of providing that the term "law enforcement
officer", as used in a provision of law regarding
aggravating circumstances that a court or jury may shall
consider in a sentencing proceeding for possible imposition
of the death penalty, includes certain privately employed
security officers or special policemen; making stylistic
changes; and generally relating to aggravating circumstances
in certain death penalty cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 413(d)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 413(e)(3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

413.

(d)  In determining the sentence, the court or jury, as the
case may be, shall first consider whether, beyond a reasonable
doubt, any of the following aggravating circumstances exist:

(1) The victim was a law enforcement officer who was
murdered while in the performance of his duties.

(e)  As used in this section, the following terms have the
meanings indicated unless a contrary meaning is clearly intended
from the context in which the term appears:

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