HOUSE BILL No. 6516

September 24, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Simpson, Brown, Angerer, Valentine, Condino, Griffin, Robert Jones, Donigan, Wojno, Warren, Byrnes, Alma Smith, Bauer, Hammel, Kathleen Law, Dean, Hammon, Meadows and Spade and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

      A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 4a of chapter IX and section 16d of chapter

 

XVII (MCL 769.4a and 777.16d), section 4a of chapter IX as

 

amended by 2006 PA 663 and section 16d of chapter XVII as amended

 

by 2005 PA 336.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                            CHAPTER IX

 

 2        Sec. 4a. (1) When an individual who has not been convicted

 

 3  previously of an assaultive crime pleads guilty to, or is found

 

 4  guilty of, a violation of section 81 or 81a of the Michigan penal

 

 5  code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81 and 750.81a, and the victim of the

 

 6  assault is the offender's spouse or former spouse, an individual

 


 1  who has had a child in common with the offender, an individual

 

 2  who has or has had a dating relationship with the offender, or an

 

 3  individual residing or having resided in the same household as

 

 4  the offender, the court, without entering a judgment of guilt and

 

 5  with the consent of the accused and of the prosecuting attorney

 

 6  in consultation with the victim, may defer further proceedings

 

 7  and place the accused on probation as provided in this section.

 

 8  However, before deferring proceedings under this subsection, the

 

 9  court shall contact the department of state police and determine

 

10  whether, according to the records of the department of state

 

11  police, the accused has previously been convicted of an

 

12  assaultive crime or has previously availed himself or herself of

 

13  this section. If the search of the records reveals an arrest for

 

14  an assaultive crime but no disposition, the court shall contact

 

15  the arresting agency and the court that had jurisdiction over the

 

16  violation to determine the disposition of that arrest for

 

17  purposes of this section.

 

18        (2) Upon a violation of a term or condition of probation,

 

19  the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as

 

20  otherwise provided in this chapter.

 

21        (3) An order of probation entered under subsection (1) may

 

22  include any condition of probation authorized under section 3 of

 

23  chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

24  771.3, including, but not limited to, requiring the accused to

 

25  participate in a mandatory counseling program. The court may

 

26  order the accused to pay the reasonable costs of the mandatory

 

27  counseling program. The court also may order the accused to

 


 1  participate in a drug treatment court under chapter 10A of the

 

 2  revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1060 to

 

 3  600.1082. The court may order the defendant to be imprisoned for

 

 4  not more than 12 months at the time or intervals, which may be

 

 5  consecutive or nonconsecutive and within the period of probation,

 

 6  as the court determines. However, the period of imprisonment

 

 7  shall not exceed the maximum period of imprisonment authorized

 

 8  for the offense if the maximum period is less than 12 months. The

 

 9  court may permit day parole as authorized under 1962 PA 60, MCL

 

10  801.251 to 801.258. The court may permit a work or school release

 

11  from jail.

 

12        (4) The court shall enter an adjudication of guilt and

 

13  proceed as otherwise provided in this chapter if any of the

 

14  following circumstances exist:

 

15        (a) The accused commits an assaultive crime during the

 

16  period of probation.

 

17        (b) The accused violates an order of the court that he or

 

18  she receive counseling regarding his or her violent behavior.

 

19        (c) The accused violates an order of the court that he or

 

20  she have no contact with a named individual.

 

21        (5) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions, the court

 

22  shall discharge the person and dismiss the proceedings against

 

23  the person. Discharge and dismissal under this section shall be

 

24  without adjudication of guilt and is not a conviction for

 

25  purposes of this section or for purposes of disqualifications or

 

26  disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of a crime, but is a

 

27  prior conviction for purposes of sections 81(3) and (4) and

 


 1  81a(3) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81 and

 

 2  750.81a.

 

 3        (6) There may be only 1 discharge and dismissal under this

 

 4  section with respect to any individual. The department of state

 

 5  police shall retain a nonpublic record of an arrest and discharge

 

 6  and dismissal under this section. This record shall be furnished

 

 7  to a court or police agency upon request pursuant to subsection

 

 8  (1) or to an office of prosecuting attorney for the purpose of

 

 9  showing that a defendant in a criminal action under section 81 or

 

10  81a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81 and

 

11  750.81a, or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to

 

12  section 81 of that act has already once availed himself or

 

13  herself of this section or for the purpose of determining whether

 

14  the defendant in a criminal action is eligible for discharge and

 

15  dismissal of proceedings by a drug treatment court under section

 

16  1076(5) of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL

 

17  600.1076.

 

18        (7) As used in this section:

 

19        (a) "Assaultive crime" means 1 or more of the following:

 

20        (i) That term as defined in section 9a of chapter X.

 

21        (ii) A violation of chapter XI of the Michigan penal code,

 

22  1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81 to 750.90g.

 

23        (iii) A violation of a law of another state or of a local

 

24  ordinance of a political subdivision of this state or of another

 

25  state substantially corresponding to a violation described in

 

26  subparagraph (i) or (ii).

 

27        (b) "Dating relationship" means frequent, intimate

 


 1  associations primarily characterized by the expectation of

 

 2  affectional involvement. This term does not include a casual

 

 3  relationship or an ordinary fraternization between 2 individuals

 

 4  in a business or social context.

 

 5                           CHAPTER XVII

 

 6        Sec. 16d. This chapter applies to the following felonies

 

 7  enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

 

 

8  M.C.L.             Category  Class  Description             Stat Max

750.81(4)          Person    GE     Domestic assault with prior convictions   25

10 750.81a(3)         Person    GE     Aggravated domestic assault with prior convictions           25

11 750.81d(1)         Person    G      Assaulting, resisting, or obstructing certain persons       2

12 750.81d(2)         Person    F      Assaulting, resisting, or obstructing certain persons causing injury  4

13 750.81d(3)         Person    C      Assaulting, resisting, or obstructing certain persons causing serious impairment                     15

14 750.81d(4)         Person    B      Assaulting, resisting, or obstructing certain persons causing death   20

15 750.82(1)          Person    F      Felonious assault       4


750.82(2)          Person    F      Felonious assault — weapon-free school zone   4

750.83             Person    A      Assault with intent to murder         Life

750.84             Person    D      Assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder      10

750.85             Person    A      Torture                 Life

750.86             Person    D      Assault with intent to maim 10

750.87             Person    D      Assault with intent to commit a felony   10

750.88             Person    C      Assault with intent to commit unarmed robbery               15

750.89             Person    A      Assault with intent to commit armed robbery   Life

750.90             Person    D      Sexual intercourse under pretext of medical treatment             10

10 750.90a            Person    A      Assault against a pregnant individual causing miscarriage, stillbirth, or death to embryo or fetus with intent or recklessness          Life

11 750.90b(a)         Person    C      Assault against a pregnant individual resulting in miscarriage, stillbirth, or death to embryo or fetus  15


750.90b(b)         Person    D      Assault against a pregnant individual resulting in great bodily harm to embryo or fetus              10

750.90c(a)         Person    C      Gross negligence against a pregnant individual resulting in miscarriage, stillbirth, or death to embryo or fetus 15

750.90c(b)         Person    E      Gross negligence against a pregnant individual resulting in great bodily harm to embryo or fetus   5

750.90d(a)         Person    C      Operating a vehicle under the influence or while impaired causing miscarriage, stillbirth, or death to embryo or fetus 15

750.90d(b)         Person    E      Operating a vehicle under the influence or while impaired causing serious or aggravated injury to embryo or fetus      5

750.90e            Person    G      Careless or reckless driving causing miscarriage, stillbirth, or death to embryo or fetus           2

750.90g(3)         Person    A      Performance of procedure on live infant with intent to cause death Life

750.91             Person    A      Attempted murder        Life

 

 

 9        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days


 

 1  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

 2        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 3  unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

 4  enacted into law:

 

 5        (a) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6522(request no.

 

 6  06312'07 *).

 

 7        (b) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6517(request no.

 

 8  06312'08 b).