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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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5757 SENATE BILL 1677 By: Howard
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6565 AS INTRODUCED
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6767 An Act relating to criminal discovery; amending 22
6868 O.S. 2021, Sections 258 and 2002, which relate to
6969 preliminary examinations and disc losure of evidence;
7070 modifying information required to be provided to
7171 defendant prior to termination of preliminary
7272 hearing; modifying time period for completion of
7373 certain discovery requests; making languag e gender
7474 neutral; updating statutory language; and providing
7575 an effective date.
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8383 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
8484 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 258, is
8585 amended to read as follow s:
8686 Section 258. First: The witnesses must be examined in the
8787 presence of the defendant, and may be cross -examined by him the
8888 defendant. On the request of the district attorney, or the
8989 defendant, all the testimony must be reduced to writing in the form
9090 of questions and answers and signed by the witnesses, or the same
9191 may be taken in shorthand and transcribed without signing, and in
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143143 both cases filed with the clerk of the district court, by the
144144 examining magistrate, and may be used as provided in Section 333 of
145145 this title. In no case shall the county be liable for the expense
146146 in reducing such testimony to writing, unless ordered by the judge
147147 of a court of record.
148148 Second: The district attorney may, on approval of the county
149149 judge or the district judge, issue subpoenas in felony cases and
150150 call witnesses before him or her and have them sworn and their
151151 testimony reduced to writing and signed by the witnesses at the cost
152152 of the county. Such examination must be confined to some felony
153153 committed against the statute s of the state and triable in that
154154 county, and the evidence so taken shall not be receivable in any
155155 civil proceeding. A refusal to obey such subpoena or to be sworn or
156156 to testify may be punishe d as a contempt on co mplaint and showing to
157157 the county court, or district court, or the judges the reof that
158158 proper cause exists therefor.
159159 Third: No preliminary information shall be filed without the
160160 consent or endorsement of the district attorney, unless the
161161 defendant be taken in the commission of a felony, or the o ffense be
162162 of such character that the accused is liable to escape before the
163163 district attorney can be consulted. If the defendant is discharged
164164 and the information is filed without authority fro m or endorsement
165165 of the district attorney, the costs must be t axed to the prosecuting
166166 witness, and the county shall not be liable therefor.
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218218 Fourth: The convening and session of a grand jury does not
219219 dispense with the right of the district attorney to file complaints
220220 and informations, conduct preliminary hearings and other routine
221221 matters, unless other wise specifically ordered, by a written order
222222 of the court convening the grand jury; made on the court ’s own
223223 motion, or at the request of the grand jury.
224224 Fifth: There shall be no preliminary examinations in
225225 misdemeanor cases.
226226 Sixth: A preliminary magistr ate shall have the authority to
227227 limit the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing to that
228228 which is relevant to the issues of: (1) whether the crime was
229229 committed, and (2) w hether there is probable cause to believe the
230230 defendant committed the crime. Once a showing of probable cause is
231231 made the magistrate shall terminate the preliminary hearing and
232232 enter a bindover order; provided, however, that the preli minary
233233 hearing shall be terminated only if the state made avai lable for
234234 inspection law enforcement reports all discovery requested by the
235235 defendant within the prosecuting attorney ’s knowledge or possession
236236 at the time to the defendant five (5) working days prior to the date
237237 of the preliminary hea ring. The district attorney shall determine
238238 whether or not to make law enforcement reports available prior to
239239 the preliminary hearing unless otherwise ordered by the court for
240240 good cause shown. If reports are made available, the district
241241 attorney shall be required to provide those law enforcement reports
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293293 that the district attorney knows to exist at the time of providing
294294 the reports, but this does not include any physical evidence which
295295 may exist in the case. This provision does not require the district
296296 attorney to provide co pies for the defendant, but only to make them
297297 available for inspection by defense counsel. In the alternative,
298298 upon agreement of the state and the defendant, the court may
299299 terminate the prelimi nary hearing once a showing of probable cause
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301301 Seventh: A preliminary magistrate shall ac cept into evidence as
302302 proof of prior convictions a noncertified copy of a Judgment and
303303 Sentence when the copy appears to the preliminary magistrate to be
304304 patently accurate. The district attorney shall make a noncertifie d
305305 copy of the Judgment and Sentence available to the defendant no
306306 fewer than five (5) days prior to the hearing. If such copy is not
307307 made available five (5) days prior to the hearing, the court shall
308308 continue the portion of the hearing to which the copy i s relevant
309309 for such time as the defe ndant requests, not to exceed five (5) days
310310 subsequent to the receipt of the copy.
311311 Eighth: The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to establish
312312 probable cause that a crime was committed and probable cause that
313313 the defendant committed the crime.
314314 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 2002, is
315315 amended to read as follows:
316316 Section 2002. A. Disclosure of Evidence by the State.
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368368 1. Upon request of the defense, the state s hall disclose the
369369 following:
370370 a. the names and addresses o f witnesses which the state
371371 intends to call at trial, together with their
372372 relevant, written or recorde d statement, if any, or if
373373 none, significant summaries of any oral statement,
374374 b. law enforcement reports made in conne ction with the
375375 particular case,
376376 c. any written or recorded statements and the substance
377377 of any oral statements made by the accused or made by
378378 a codefendant,
379379 d. any reports or statements made by experts in
380380 connection with the particular case, including results
381381 of physical or mental examinatio ns and of scientific
382382 tests, experiments, or comparisons,
383383 e. any books, papers, documents, photographs, tangible
384384 objects, buildings or places which the prosecuting
385385 attorney intends to use in the heari ng or trial or
386386 which were obtained from or belong to the accused,
387387 f. any record of prior criminal convictions of the
388388 defendant, or of any codefendant, and
389389 g. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) rap
390390 sheet/records check on any witness listed by the state
391391 or the defense as a witness who will testify at tr ial,
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443443 as well as any convictions of any witness revealed
444444 through additional record check s if the defense has
445445 furnished Social Security numbers or date dates of
446446 birth for their witnesses, except OSBI rap
447447 sheet/record checks shall not provide date of birth,
448448 Social Security number, home phone number or address.
449449 2. The state shall provide the defendant any evidence favorable
450450 to the defendant if such evidence is material to either guilt or
451451 punishment.
452452 3. The prosecuting attorney’s obligations under this standard
453453 extend to:
454454 a. material and information in the possession or control
455455 of members of the prosecutor ’s staff,
456456 b. any information in the possession of law enforcement
457457 agencies that regularly report to the pro secutor of
458458 which the prosecutor should reasonably know, a nd
459459 c. any information in the possession of law enforcement
460460 agencies who have reported to the prosecuto r with
461461 reference to the particular case of which the
462462 prosecutor should reasonably know.
463463 4. a. If the state intends to introduce testimony of a
464464 jailhouse informant, the state shall disclose at least
465465 ten (10) days prior to trial:
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517517 (1) the complete criminal hi story of such informa nt,
518518 including any dismissed charges,
519519 (2) any deal, promise, inducement or be nefit that the
520520 state or law enforcement agency has made o r may
521521 make in the future to the jailhouse informant in
522522 connection with the testimony of such informant ,
523523 (3) the specific statements or recordings made by the
524524 suspect or defendant and the time, place and
525525 manner of the disclosure to the jailhouse
526526 informant,
527527 (4) all other filed cases in which the state intended
528528 to introduce the testimony of the jailhouse
529529 informant in connection w ith a deal, promise,
530530 inducement or benefit, the nature of the deal,
531531 promise, inducement or benefit, and whether the
532532 testimony was admitted in the case,
533533 (5) whether at any time the jailhouse informant
534534 recanted the testimony or statement , and if so, a
535535 transcript or copy of such recantation, if any,
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537537 (6) any other information rele vant to the credibility
538538 of the informant.
539539 b. Each district attorney’s office shall maintain a
540540 central record that tracks each case in which the
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592592 state intended to introduce the test imony of the
593593 jailhouse informant against a suspect or defendant in
594594 connection with a deal, promise, inducement or
595595 benefit, the nature of the deal, promise, inducement
596596 or benefit and whether such testimony or statements
597597 were admitted in the case. Such reco rd shall be sent
598598 to the District Attorneys Council which shall maintain
599599 a statewide record of such information. Records
600600 maintained pursuant to this paragraph shall only be
601601 accessible to prosecutors and shall not be subject to
602602 the Oklahoma Open Records Act . By September 15 of
603603 each year, the District Attorneys Council shall
604604 publish an annual report of aggregate, de-identified
605605 data regarding the total number of cases tracked
606606 pursuant to this section, and the number of cases
607607 added during the previous fiscal y ear pursuant to this
608608 section by each district attorney ’s office. A copy of
609609 the report shall be distributed to the Governor, the
610610 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of
611611 the House of Representatives and the chairs of the
612612 Senate and House Judicia ry Committees.
613613 c. For purposes of this paragraph, “jailhouse informant”
614614 means a person who provides, or who the prosecutor
615615 intends to provide, testimony about admissions or
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667667 other relevant information made to him or her by the
668668 suspect or defendant while bot h persons were detained
669669 or incarcerated in a penal institution the custody of
670670 the Department of Corrections.
671671 B. Disclosure of Evidence by the Defendant.
672672 1. Upon request of the state, the defense shall be required to
673673 disclose the following:
674674 a. the names and addresses of witnesse s which the defense
675675 intends to call at trial, together with their
676676 relevant, written or recorded s tatement, if any, or i f
677677 none, significant summaries of an y oral statement,
678678 b. the name and address of any witness, other than the
679679 defendant, who will be called to show that the
680680 defendant was not present at the time and place
681681 specified in the information or indictment, together
682682 with the witness’ witness's statement to that fact,
683683 and
684684 c. the names and addresses of any witness the defendant
685685 will call, other than himself the defendant, for
686686 testimony relating to any mental disease, mental
687687 defect, or other condition bearing upon his or her
688688 mental state at the time the offense was all egedly
689689 committed, together with the witness’ witness's
690690 statement of that fact, if the statement is redacted
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742742 by the court to preclude disclosure of privile ged
743743 communication.
744744 2. A statement filed under subpar agraph a, b or c of par agraph
745745 1 of subsection A or B of thi s section is not admissible in evidence
746746 at trial. Information obtained as a result of a statement filed
747747 under subsection A or B of this section is not admissible in
748748 evidence at trial except to ref ute the testimony of a witness whose
749749 identity subsection A of this section requires to be disclosed.
750750 3. Upon the prosecuting attorney ’s request after the time set
751751 by the court, the defendant shall allow him or her access at any
752752 reasonable times and in any reasonable manner to inspect,
753753 photograph, copy, or have re asonable tests made upon any book,
754754 paper, document, photograph, or tangible object which is within the
755755 defendant’s possession or control and which:
756756 a. the defendant intends to offer in evidence, ex cept to
757757 the extent that it con tains any communication of th e
758758 defendant, or
759759 b. is a report or statement as to a physical or mental
760760 examination or scientific test or experiment made in
761761 connection with the particular case prepared by and
762762 relating to the antic ipated testimony of a person w hom
763763 the defendant intends to call as a witness, provided
764764 the report or statement is redacted by the court to
765765 preclude disclosure of privileged communication.
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817817 C. Continuing Duty to Disclose.
818818 If, prior to or during trial, a par ty discovers additional
819819 evidence or material previously req uested or ordered, which is
820820 subject to discovery or inspection under the Oklahoma Criminal
821821 Discovery Code, such party shall prompt ly notify the other party,
822822 the attorney of the other party, or the court of the existence of
823823 the additional evidence or materi al.
824824 D. Time of Discovery.
825825 Motions for discovery may be made at the time of the district
826826 court arraignment or thereafter ; provided that requests for police
827827 reports may be made subject to the provis ions of Section 258 of this
828828 title. However, a request purs uant to Section 258 of this title
829829 shall be subject to the discretion of the district attorney . All
830830 issues relating to discovery, except as otherwise provided, will be
831831 completed at least ten (10) days prior to trial within thirty (30)
832832 days of receiving a r equest from the defendant but no fewer than ten
833833 (10) days prior to trial . The court may specify the time, place and
834834 manner of making the discovery and may prescribe such terms and
835835 conditions as are just.
836836 E. Regulation of Discovery.
837837 1. Protective and Modifying O rders. Upon motion of the state
838838 or defendant, the court may at any time ord er that specified
839839 disclosures be restricted, or make any other protective order. If
840840 the court enters an ord er restricting specified disclosures, the
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892892 entire text of the material re stricted shall be sealed and preserved
893893 in the records of the court to be mad e available to the appellate
894894 court in the event of an appeal.
895895 2. Failure to Comply with a Request. If at a ny time during the
896896 course of the proceedings it is brought to the attent ion of the
897897 court that a party has faile d to comply with this rule, the court
898898 may order such party to permit the discovery or inspection, gr ant
899899 continuance, or prohibit the party from i ntroducing evidence not
900900 disclosed, or it may enter such other order as i t deems just under
901901 the circumstances.
902902 3. The discovery order shall not incl ude discovery of legal
903903 work product of either attorney which is deemed to include legal
904904 research or those po rtions of records, correspondence, reports, or
905905 memoranda which are only the opinions, theories, or conclusions of
906906 the attorney or the attorney ’s legal staff.
907907 F. Reasonable cost of copying, duplicating, videotap ing,
908908 developing or any other cost associated with this Code for items
909909 requested shall be paid by the party so request ing; however, any
910910 item which was obtain ed from the defendant by the state of which
911911 copies are requested by the defendant shall be paid by t he state.
912912 Provided, if the court determines the defendant is indigent and
913913 without funds to pay the cost of reproduct ion of the required items,
914914 the cost shall be paid by the Indigent Defender S ystem, unless
915915 otherwise provided by law.
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