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2005 SESSION

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HB 2328 Criminal cases; reports and records of Chief Medical Examiner to be received as evidence.

Introduced by: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Criminal procedure; reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence.  Allows certified reports and records of the Chief Medical Examiner to be received in preliminary hearings in criminal cases as evidence of the facts therein stated. This eliminates the need of a doctor from the Medical Examiner's office to attend the hearing and testify to what is included within the reports and records. This bill is intended to vitiate the ruling in Ward v. Commonwealth, 216 Va. 177 (1975), but only as it relates to preliminary hearings.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059128220  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059128220
• 01/11/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/05  House: Stricken from docket by C. J. (19-Y 0-N)