SB17 - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing
Maryland - 2024 Regular Session
Introduced byChris West
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing that each domestic or farm animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; and establishing that a conviction for a crime relating to animals may not merge with a conviction for any other crime based on the act establishing the violation and that a sentence imposed may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence based on the act establishing a violation.
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