SB 889 - ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCURRENT JURISDICTION (SECTION 556.065) Under this act, the Attorney General shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Attorney of St. Louis for the offenses of first and second degree murder, and vehicle hijacking.
Upon receiving a referral from a law enforcement agency, the Attorney General may commence prosecution within 60 days. Once the Attorney General receives a referral, he or she may prosecute any additional violations connected to the underlying offense. If the Circuit Attorney commences a prosecution prior to the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall also have the authority to adopt or amend the complainant, information, or indictment and the Circuit Attorney must immediately withdraw from the prosecution.
OFFENSE OF VEHICLE HIJACKING (SECTION 570.027)
This act creates the offense of vehicle hijacking, which is committed when an individual knowingly uses or threatens the use of physical force upon another individual to seize or attempt to seize possession or control of a vehicle. This offense is punished as a Class B felony unless one of the aggravating circumstances listed in the act was present during the commission of the offense, in which case it is punished as a Class A felony.
This act contains an emergency clause.
Provisions of this act are similar to SB 602 (2020) and 561 (2020).
MARY GRACE BRUNTRAGER