HOUSE BILL No. 6553

September 20, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Stakoe, Van Regenmorter, Schuitmaker, Hansen, Sheen, David Law, Jones, Pearce, Caul, Marleau, Casperson, Brandenburg, Newell, Elsenheimer, Lipsey, Bieda, Condino and Gleason and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

      A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 39 of chapter XVII (MCL 777.39), as added by

 

1998 PA 317.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                           CHAPTER XVII

 

 2        Sec. 39. (1) Offense variable 9 is number of victims. Score

 

 3  offense variable 9 by determining which of the following apply

 

 4  and by assigning the number of points attributable to the one

 

 5  that has the highest number of points:

 

 

     (a) Multiple deaths occurred            100 points

     (b) There were 10 or more victims       25 points


     (c) There were 2 to 9 victims           10 points

     (d) There were fewer than 2 victims       0 points

 

 

 3        (2) All of the following apply to scoring offense variable

 

 4  9:

 

 5        (a) Count each person who was placed in danger of physical

 

 6  injury or loss of life or property as a victim.

 

 7        (b) Score 100 points only in homicide cases.