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2016 SESSION
HB 194 Competency and sanity evaluations; capital murder, audiovisual recording.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Competency and sanity evaluations; capital murder; audiovisual recording. Requires any evaluator evaluating a defendant's competency to stand trial or sanity to make an audiovisual recording of any interview conducted with a defendant charged with capital murder. The bill provides further that the recording shall be confidential and made available only to any other evaluator appointed by a court or obtained by a defendant for the purposes of evaluating the defendant's competency or sanity.
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HISTORY
- 12/27/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100599D
- 12/27/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/18/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/16/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice