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2015 SESSION
HB 598 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, (ii) is convicted of murder, or (iii) is convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for life.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101613D
- 01/07/14 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/05/14 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015 by voice vote
- 02/07/14 House: Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 12/04/14 House: Left in Courts of Justice