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HB 1920 Writ of actual innocence; type of plea required for issuance.

Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Plea required for issuance of a writ of actual innocence. Provides that a convicted person may petition for a writ of actual innocence regardless of the type of plea he entered at trial. Under current law, a person may petition for a writ based on nonbiological evidence if he entered a plea of not guilty; a person may petition for a writ based on biological evidence if he (i) entered a plea of not guilty, or (ii) is convicted of murder, or (iii) is convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for life.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/13  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102379D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/13  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102379D
• 01/09/13  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/13  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
• 01/16/13  House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
• 01/23/13  House: Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote