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1998 SESSION
SB 366 Reopening case after conviction.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Reopening case after conviction. Provides that a nonfelony district court conviction which has not been appealed, or for which the appeal has been withdrawn within 10 days after the conviction, may be reopened within 60 days of the conviction. Currently, it may be reopened without regard to an appeal.
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HISTORY
- 01/22/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 982575728
- 01/22/98 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/98 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/17/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/98 House: Read first time
- 02/18/98 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/98 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 03/09/98 House: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (23-Y 1-N)