SPONSOR:	Rep. Bolden & Sen. Henry
	Reps. Baumbach, J. Johnson, Keeley, Scott, B. Short; Sens. Blevins, Peterson, Venables

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 312 AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SENTENCING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Title 11, §3901(d) of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§3901 Fixing term of imprisonment; credits.

(d) No The court shall direct whether the sentence of confinement of any criminal defendant by any court of this State shall be made to run concurrently or consecutively with any other sentence of confinement imposed on such criminal defendant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no sentence of confinement of any criminal defendant by any court of this State shall be made to run concurrently with any other sentence of confinement imposed on such criminal defendant for any conviction of the following crimes:

Title 11, Section Crime

803  Arson in the first degree

826  Burglary in the first degree

825  Burglary in the second degree

826AHome Invasion

636  Murder in the first degree

635  Murder in the second degree

632  Manslaughter

783  Kidnapping in the second degree

783AKidnapping in the first degree

606  Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree

613  Assault in the first degree

832  Robbery in the first degree

836  Carjacking in the first degree

772  Rape in the second degree

773  Rape in the first degree

777A Sex offender unlawful sexual conduct against a child

778(1), (2) or (3) Sexual Abuse of a Child by a Person in a Position of Trust, Authority or Supervision in the First Degree

1254Assault in a detention facility

1447APossession of a firearm during the commission of a felony or for any sentence for Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited where the criminal defendant was previously convicted of a Title 11 violent felony.

(e) For purposes of this section, "Title 11 violent felony" means any Title 11 offense identified in §4201(c) of this title, or any offense set forth under the laws of the United States, any other state or any territory of the United States which is the same as or equivalent to any of the offenses designated as a Title 11 offense identified in §4201(c) of this title.