SENATE BILL NO. 222
INTRODUCED BY J. O'NEIL
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 24, OF THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TRIED FOR A CRIME HAS THE RIGHT TO ARGUE TO THE JURY THE APPLICABILITY, INTENT, AND MERIT OF THE OFFENSE CHARGED AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF ANY POTENTIAL SENTENCE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Article II, section 24, of The Constitution of the State of Montana is amended to read:
"Section 24. Rights
of the
accused.
In all
criminal
prosecutions the
accused
shall have
the right to
appear and
defend in
person and
by counsel;
to demand
the nature
and cause
of the
accusation;
to meet the
witnesses
against
him face to
face; to
have
process to
compel the
attendance
of
witnesses
in his
behalf,;
and to a
speedy
public trial
by an
impartial
jury of the
county or
district in
which the
offense is
alleged to
have been
committed,
before
which the
accused
may argue
the
applicability, intent,
and merit
of the
offense
charged
and the
appropriateness of any
potential
sentence,
subject to
the right of
the state to
have a
change of
venue for
any of the
causes for
which the
defendant
may obtain
the same."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission to electorate. This amendment shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in November 2002 by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:
[] FOR allowing an accused to argue the applicability, intent, and merit of the offense charged and the appropriateness of any potential sentence.
[] AGAINST allowing an accused to argue the applicability, intent, and merit of the offense charged and the appropriateness of any potential sentence.
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