Sentencing: great bodily injury: murder or manslaughter.

Existing law provides that a person who inflicts great bodily injury on another person in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, including a person who is 70 years of age or older, or under specified circumstances, including domestic violence, shall be punished by additional and consecutive terms of imprisonment, as specified. Existing law makes these provisions inapplicable to murder or manslaughter. This bill would instead provide that those provisions are inapplicable to great bodily injury suffered by the victim of murder or manslaughter. The bill would specify that this provision does not preclude a person from being subject to an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment for great bodily injury, whether resulting in death or not, suffered by a victim other than the victim who is the subject of the murder or manslaughter charge. By expanding the applicability of an enhancement that must be pled and proved, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.