minimum sentences for certain crimes

minimum sentences for certain crimes Sec. 201. (a) Section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes”, approved July 15, 1932, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 24–203), is amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 3.”; by inserting “, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)” after “hereafter” in the first sentence; and by adding at the end of the section the following new subsections: “(b) The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a person convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape in violation of section 803 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia’, approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22–501), or of armed robbery in violation of section 810 of such Act (D. C. Code 22–3202) shall be not less than two years if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence as defined in section 1 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 22–3201). The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a per-67 Stat. 92son convicted of rape in violation of section 808 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia’, approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22–2801), shall not be less than seven years if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence, as so defined. The maximum sentence in each case to which this subsection applies shall not be less than three times the minimum sentence imposed, and shall not be more than the maximum fixed by law. “(c) For a person convicted of— “(1) a violation of section 432 (b) of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22–505, relating to assault with a dangerous weapon on a police officer) occurring after the person has been convicted of a violation of that section or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction; (2) a violation of section 3 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District (D. C. Code, sec. 22–3203, relating to illegal possession of a pistol), occurring after the person has been convicted of violating that section; or (3) a violation of section 209 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 (relating to possession of implements of crime) occurring after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of that section or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, the minimum sentence imposed under this section shall not be less than one year, and the maximum sentence shall not be less than three times the minimum sentence imposed nor more than the maximum fixed by law.” (b) Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to reorganize the system of parole of prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia”, approved July 17, 1947 (D. C. Code, sec. 2A–201C, relating to reduction of minimum sentences), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “If a prisoner is serving a sentence for a crime for which a minmum sentence is prescribed by section 3 (b) of the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes’, approved July 15, 1932, as amended, his minimum sentence shall not be reduced under this section below the minimum sentence so prescribed.” (c) The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to any sentence imposed for a crime committed before the date of the enactment of this Act.