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2008 SESSION
HB 1136 Jury; sentencing proceeding after conviction.
Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction. Provides that criminal sentencing by a jury may be done by a different jury if the original jury cannot agree on punishment.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 089822520
- 01/09/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/04/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/08 House: Read first time
- 02/07/08 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/08 House: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N)
- 02/08/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (63-Y 36-N)
- 02/08/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/11/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/18/08 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)