AB 642

Current law allows a court to deny pretrial release from custody to persons

accused of first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault, and sexual

assault of a child or to persons accused of committing or attempting to commit a

violent crime if the person had been previously convicted of committing or

attempting to commit a violent crime. “Violent crime” is defined to include

first-degree and second-degree intentional and reckless homicide, felony murder,

aggravated battery, mayhem, first-degree sexual assault, and child abuse. This bill

expands the definition of “violent crime” for this purpose to include taking hostages,

kidnapping, arson, second-degree sexual assault, carjacking, robbery, abuse of

individuals at risk under circumstances that cause death, child abduction, homicide

by intoxicated use of a firearm or vehicle, strangulation and suffocation, and

aggravated burglary.

Under current law, a court may revoke the release of a person who has been

charged with a serious crime and released on bail if the person violates the conditions

of the release and the alleged violation is also a serious crime. Under this bill, the

court may revoke the release of the person if the alleged violation is any crime.