Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
An Act Concerning The Testimony Of Jailhouse Witnesses.
Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program.
An Act Concerning Revisions To Various Statutes Concerning The Criminal Justice System And Revising Provisions Concerning Jailhouse Witnesses.
Criminal procedure; updating language; effective date.
Criminal procedure; authorizing the issuance of subpoena duces tecum to businesses and commercial entities; codification; effective date.
Criminal procedure; providing for the disclosure of additional evidence after conviction or guilty plea; effective date.