Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 357

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 452

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 11, DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH CAUSE DEATH.

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

Section 1. Amend §630. Subchapter II, Chapter 5, Title 11, Delaware Code by designating the present text as Subsection (a) and adding a new Subsection to read as follows:

"(b) The minimum sentence required by Subsection (a)(2) of this Section shall be one (1) year, notwithstanding §4205(b)(5) of this Title. The minimum sentence shall not be subject to suspension, and no person convicted under this Section, shall be eligible for probation, parole, furlough, work release, or supervised custody during the first year of such sentence."

Section 2. Amend §630A. Subchapter II, Chapter 5, Title 11, Delaware Code by designating the present text as Subsection (a) and adding a new Subsection to read as follows:

"(b) The minimum sentence required by this Section shall be two (2) years, notwithstanding §4205(b)(4) of this Title. The minimum sentence shall not be subject to suspension, and no person convicted under this Section shall be eligible for probation, parole, furlough, work release or supervised custody during the first eighteen months of such sentence."

Approved June 30, 1986.