§ 34. — Penalty when death results.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC34]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 2--AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Sec. 34. Penalty when death results
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.
(Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Pub. L.
103-322, title VI, Sec. 60003(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1968.)
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.''
