21-703. PENALTY WHEN DEATH RESULTS. Any person who is convicted of any crime prohibited by this chapter which has resulted in the death of any person shall be subject also to 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.
History:
[21-703, added 1963, ch. 359, sec. 3, p. 1028.]