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Louisiana committee clears bill allowing firearm enhancements in plea deals
Summary
The House Committee on Criminal Justice voted to report House Bill 79 favorably after lawmakers and the governor's office said the measure would clarify that firearm-enhancement penalties may be agreed to in plea agreements when defendants stipulate to the enhancement on the record.
House lawmakers on the Committee on Criminal Justice on April 16 voted to report House Bill 79 favorably, a bill that would permit defendants and prosecutors to include firearm-enhancement penalties in plea agreements if the defendant stipulates on the record.
Representative Tony Bacala, the bill’s author, told the committee the measure “is restricted and only has to do with plea agreements between defendants, where they accept the responsibility for their actions.” He said current law requires a…
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