Proposition Summary

Adds the intentional murder of a person by discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle with the intent to inflict death to the list of special circumstances for first-degree murder for which the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is authorized. Joined to Proposition 195 (Chapter 477, Statutes of 1995). If both measures pass, murder during carjacking, murder resulting from a carjacking kidnap, and murder of juror in retaliation for, or to prevent, performance of juror's duties, a re also added to the list of special circumstances. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Adoption of this measure would result in unknown state costs, potentially ranging into several millions of dollars annually in the long run.

Proposition Number

196

Year

1996

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

Final Votes Cast by the Legislature on SB 9 (Proposition 196) Assembly - Ayes, 55; Noes, 12 -- Senate - Ayes, 29; Noes, 3

Popular Vote Results

Y: 4873194; A: 85.80; N: 806481; B: 14.20

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Initiative (leg)

For Author

Ruben S. Ayala, State Senator, 32nd District; Gregory D. Totten, Executive Director, California District Attorneys Association

Against Author

Senator Milton Marks, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Procedure; Robert P. Owens, Retired Chief of Police, Oxnard Police Department; Right Reverend Jerry A. Lamb, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California

Rebuttal Author

Michael Hennessy, Sheriff, City and County of San Francisco; Wilson C. Riles, Jr., Executive Director, American Friends Service Committee of Northern California

Rebuttal Against Author

Pete Wilson, Governor; Ruben S. Ayala, State Senator, 32nd District; Greg Totten, Executive Director, California District Attorneys Association

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