Criminal Procedure
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders. [SB-257]
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders.
Spread the world
Gettr
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility. [HB-1579]
Transportation order for defendant held in correctional facility. Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility.
Spread the world
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. [SB-946]
Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of the person's status as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel. [HB-429]
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of the person's status as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence relating to climate change or global warming in certain criminal cases. [HB-420]
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence relating to climate change or global warming in certain criminal cases.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to providing certain information to criminal defendants charged with certain drug offenses before a plea is entered. [HB-419]
Relating to providing certain information to criminal defendants charged with certain drug offenses before a plea is entered.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the electronic recording of certain custodial interrogations. [HB-414]
Relating to the electronic recording of certain custodial interrogations.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to prohibiting public funds from being used to enforce certain federal or international laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas. [SB-93]
Relating to prohibiting public funds from being used to enforce certain federal or international laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. [HB-244]
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment denying bail to certain persons who are unlawfully present in the United States and are taken into custody for committing a felony. [SJR-8]
Proposing a constitutional amendment denying bail to certain persons who are unlawfully present in the United States and are taken into custody for committing a felony.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the award of court costs, storage fees, and attorney's fees in a criminal asset forfeiture proceeding. [HB-323]
Relating to the award of court costs, storage fees, and attorney's fees in a criminal asset forfeiture proceeding.
Spread the world
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. [SB-935]
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill incorporates SB 895 and is identical to HB 2462.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty. [SB-206]
Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spread the world
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; forms. [HB-1560]
Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; forms. Requires an alienage determination made by a probation or parole officer to be submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police (Exchange) in a format approved by the Exchange. Current law requires the Exchange to provide reporting forms to the probation and parole officers.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun. [HB-339]
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun.
Spread the world
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Criminal cases; delayed appeals, assignments of errors dismissed in part. [HB-1545]
Delayed appeals in criminal cases; assignment of errors dismissed in part. Provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case in the Court of Appeals of Virginia when the appeal was dismissed, in whole or in part, for a failure to (i) initiate the appeal; (ii) adhere to proper form, procedures, or time limits in the perfection of the appeal; or (iii) file the indispensable transcript or written statement of facts, even if other parts of the appeal were refused on the merits. Under current law, an
(continued...)
Spread the world
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address. [HB-1546]
Juror information; confidentiality. Limits to name and home address the personal information of a juror impaneled in a criminal case that the court may only regulate the disclosure of upon a showing of good cause, which includes a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or physical injury to or harassment of a juror. The bill limits the release of any additional personal information, defined in the bill as any information other than a name and home address, of a juror impaneled in a criminal case to the counsel of record in the case or a pro se defendant.
(continued...)
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons. [HB-236]
Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of the offense of indecent assault, to judicial protection for victims of that offense, and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to that offense. [HB-142]
Relating to the creation of the offense of indecent assault, to judicial protection for victims of that offense, and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to that offense.
Spread the world
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain first-time marihuana possession offenders; imposing a fee for participation. [HB-58]
Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain first-time marihuana possession offenders; imposing a fee for participation.