A. Carjacking is the intentional taking of a motor vehicle, as defined in R.S. 32:1(40), belonging to another person, in the presence of that person, or in the presence of a passenger, or any other person in lawful possession of the motor vehicle, by the use of force or intimidation. B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of carjacking shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years nor more than twenty years, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. (2) Whoever commits the crime of carjacking when serious bodily injury results shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty years nor more than thirty years, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
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