Sexual molestation of children-penalties.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0112

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0075

Sexual molestation of children-penalties.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Pedersen, Cohee,
Harvey
and
Hinckley
and Senator(s) Peterson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing enhanced penalties for sex offenses involving victims twelve (12) years of age or younger as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 6
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2
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306(a)(intro), (b)(intro), (d)(intro) and by creating new subsections (e) and (f) is amended to read:

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306.

Penalties for sexual assault.

(a)

An actor convicted of sexual assault who does not qualify under the criteria of subsection (b)
,

or
(d)
, (e) or (f)
of this section shall be punished as follows:

(b)

An actor who is convicted of sexual assault and who does not qualify under the criteria of subsection (d)
, (e) or (f)
of this section shall be punished by the extended terms of subsection (c) of this section if:

(d)

An actor who is convicted of sexual assault
and who does not qualify under subsection (e) or (f) of this section
shall be punished by life imprisonment without parole if the actor has two (2) or more previous convictions for any of the following designated offenses, which convictions resulted from charges separately brought and which arose out of sep
a
rate occurrences in this state or elsewhere:

(e)

An actor convicted of sexual assault involving a victim twelve (12) years of age or younger, who does not qualify under the criteria of subsection (f) of this section, shall be punished as follows:

(i)

Sexual assault in the first degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than twenty-five (25) years nor more than fifty (50) years;

(ii)

Sexual assault in the second degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than fifteen (15) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years;

(iii)

Sexual assault in the third degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than fifteen (15) years.

(f)

An actor who is convicted of sexual assault involving a victim twelve (12) years of age or younger shall be punished by life imprisonment without parole if the actor has one (1) or more previous convictions for a crime defined in W.S. 6
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302 through 6
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304 or a criminal statute containing the same or similar elements as a crime defined in W.S. 6
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302 through 6
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304, if the circumstances of the crime involve a victim who was twelve (12) years of age or younger, which conviction resulted from a charge separately brought and which arose out of a separate occurrence in this state or elsewhere.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2006.

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