18 USC Sec. 34
01/26/98

TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 2 - AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES

HEADING

Sec. 34. Penalty when death results

STATUTE

Whoever is convicted of any crime prohibited by this chapter, which has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life.

SOURCE

(Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60003(a)(1), 108 Stat. 1968.)

MISCELLANEOUS

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''imprisonment for life.'' for ''imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, if the court in its discretion shall so order.''