Iowa Code § 707.3 : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE — CRIME CONTROL AND CRIMINAL ACTS — HOMICIDE AND RELATED CRIMES — Murder in the second degree

1. A person commits murder in the second degree when the person commits murder which is not murder in the first degree.

2. Murder in the second degree is a class "B" felony. However, notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the maximum sentence for a person convicted under this section shall be a period of confinement of not more than fifty years.

3. For purposes of determining whether a person should register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of chapter 692A, the fact finder shall make a determination as provided in section 692A.126.

Iowa Code § 707.3

Amended by 2013 Iowa HF+417,s 200, eff. 7/1/2013.

Amended by 2013 Iowa HF 417,s 200, eff. 7/1/2013.

C51, §2570; R60, §4193; C73, §3850; C97, §4729; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12912; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 690.3; C79, 81, § 707.3; 82 Acts, ch 1239, §1
2009 Acts, ch 119, §49

Referred to in § 331.802, 692A.101, 692A.102, 692A.126, 902.12, 910.3A

Definition of forcible felony, § 702.11

Sentencing options excluded, see § 907.3