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Havard HB No. 71
Abstract: Repeals exception to the time period to file post-conviction relief petitions for
persons who are sentenced to death.
Present law provides procedures for post-conviction relief.
Present law provides that no application for post-conviction relief, including applications which
seek an out-of-time appeal, shall be considered if it is filed more than two years after the
judgment of conviction and sentence has become final unless the person asserting the claim has
been sentenced to death.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals C.Cr.P. Art. 930.8(A)(4))