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HB 863 Computer and electronic data; access to defendant thereof seized in obscenity, etc., cases.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Computer and electronic data seized in obscenity, etc., cases; access to defendant. Provides that when computer data or electronic data, the possession of which is otherwise unlawful, are seized as evidence in a criminal prosecution of an obscenity or child pornography offense, neither the original data nor a copy shall be released to the defendant or his counsel. The court is not allowed to order the release of such evidence to the defendant or his counsel except in accordance with the rules of discovery or under restricted conditions upon a finding that the data is necessary and material to the defense of the accused.


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