Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony
Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Courts and Court Personnel - StatewideStatus: Referred to interim study by Judicial Proceedings (as of Sep 19, 2019)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring a State's Attorney to record certain information if a State's Attorney obtains certain testimony or information from an in-custody witness and to report certain information to the Criminal Justice Information System's Central Repository; requiring a State's Attorney to comply with certain discovery requirements; requiring a court to hold a certain hearing to determine whether testimony of an in-custody witness is admissible at trial; etc.
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