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1995 SESSION

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HB 1936 Abolition of required indictment.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Abolition of required indictment. Eliminates the requirement that a person accused of a felony be indicted by a grand jury before trial. The bill would allow the accused to be tried without an indictment provided probable cause had been found at a preliminary hearing or the accused had waived both the preliminary hearing and indictment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/20/95  House: Presented & ordered printed LD9693837  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/20/95  House: Presented & ordered printed LD9693837
• 01/20/95  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/25/95  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/08/95  House: No action taken by Courts of Justice by voice vote