Proposition Summary

MURDER. PEACE OFFICER VICTIM. SENTENCE CREDITS. LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE AMENDMENT. Amends Penal Code section 190, which provides that second degree murder of peace officer who defendant knows or should know is performing official duty, is punishable by 25 years to life in prison, to provide that such murder, if committed either intentionally, with intent to commit great bodily injury, or with personal use of a firearm or dangerous or deadly weapon, is punishable by life in prison without parole. Eliminates duplicative provision in Penal Code. Persons convicted of any murder may not earn credits in prison to reduce the sentence. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Probably minor additional state costs.

Proposition Number

222

Year

1998

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

Final Votes Cast by the Legislature on AB 446 (Proposition 222) Assembly - Ayes, 74; Noes, 1 -- Senate - Ayes, 33; Noes, 0

Popular Vote Results

Y: 4253887; A: 77.1; N: 1266294; B: 22.9

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Legislative Initiative Amendment

For Author

ROD PACHECO, Assemblyman, 64th District; JOHN R. LEWIS, State Senator, 33rd District; PETE WILSON, Governor, State of California

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