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SB 142 Circuit court; failure to appear in accordance with condition of bail, etc.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Appeal to circuit court; failure to appear. Provides that a person's failure to appear in circuit court in accordance with the condition of his bail, recognizance, or promise to appear constitutes a withdrawal of an appeal, provided that the person is notified in writing at the time he notes his appeal that his failure to appear in circuit court constitutes a withdrawal of the appeal. The bill also provides that within 60 days of entering an order affirming the judgment of a district court based on a person's failure to appear, a person who fails to appear may request the court to vacate its order if such failure to appear was not willful.

FULL TEXT

• 12/27/17  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103818D  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/27/17  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103818D
• 12/27/17  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/05/18  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)