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2013 SESSION
HB 1920 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, or (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
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102379D
- 01/09/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/15/13 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 01/16/13 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
- 01/23/13 House: Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote