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2016 SESSION

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HB 194 Competency and sanity evaluations; capital murder, audiovisual recording.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Competency and sanity evaluations; capital murder; audiovisual recording. Requires any evaluator evaluating a defendant's competency to stand trial or sanity to make an audiovisual recording of any interview conducted with a defendant charged with capital murder. The bill provides further that the recording shall be confidential and made available only to any other evaluator appointed by a court or obtained by a defendant for the purposes of evaluating the defendant's competency or sanity.

FULL TEXT

• 12/27/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100599D  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/27/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100599D
• 12/27/15  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 01/18/16  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/16/16  House: Left in Courts of Justice