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9 GCA § 80.37.3: Vulnerable Victim Sentencing Enhancement.

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  1. Title 9: Crimes and Corrections
  2. Chapter 80: Disposition of Offenders
  3. ARTICLE 2: IMPRISONMENT

(a) Whoever commits or attempts to commit upon a vulnerable victim, a violent felony as defined in 9 GCA, § 80.70, or theft as a second degree or third degree felony under 9 GCA, § 43.15, § 43.20, § 43.30, § 43.35, § 43.40, § 43.45, § 43.50, § 43.55, or § 43.60, or crimes of forgery or fraudulent practices under 9 GCA, § 46.10, § 46.15, § 46.20, § 46.25, § 46.35, § 46.50, § 46.75, or § 46.80, shall, in addition to the sentence imposed for the commission of such felony, be imprisoned for a term of not less than five years nor more than twenty-five years, or shall, in addition to the sentence imposed for the commission of a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor, be imprisoned for a term of not less than sixty days nor more than one year.

(b) A sentence imposed under Subsection (a) of this Section for a felony shall include a special parole term of not less than three years nor more than five years, in addition to the term of imprisonment. No person convicted and sentenced under this Section for a felony shall be eligible for parole or probation until he serves at least five years in prison, or no person convicted and sentenced under this Section for a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor shall be eligible for probation until he serves at least sixty days in jail or prison.

(c) A vulnerable victim is defined as the following:

(1) an elderly person or senior citizen who is fifty-five years old or older at the time of the crime committed upon him or her;

(2) a child who is thirteen years old or younger at the time of the crime committed upon him or her;

(3) a tourist or visitor (A) who is a citizen and resident of a country other than the United States, or its territories, and visiting Guam with a round-trip airline ticket for a duration of no more than forty-five days, or (B) who is a citizen or national or permanent resident of the United States, but is not a resident of Guam, and is visiting Guam with a round-trip airline ticket for a duration of no more than forty-five days;

(4) an individual who at the time of the crime committed upon him or her has a physical or mental disability or disabilities, as defined in a provision of local or federal law, or as certified by a physician or mental health professional; or

(5) any person who is a victim of a crime, as identified in this Act, committed by two or more individuals.

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