SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice TIME & DATE: 1:00PM, Wednesday, February 21, 2001 PLACE: E1.028 Capitol Extension CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister ___________________________________________________________________________ Consideration of the following: SB 133 West, Royce Relating to the admissibility in a criminal trial of race or ethnicity as a predictor of future criminal behavior. SB 340 Haywood Relating to the penalty for threats of violence against certain persons. SB 494 Bernsen Relating to allowing the Department of Public Safety to sell certain confiscated firearms. SB 553 Duncan Relating to the creation of a task force to review the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial and use of the insanity defense. SB 563 Armbrister Relating to the protection of the interest of certain innocent property owners in a criminal asset forfeiture proceeding. SB 582 Duncan Relating to the discovery of certain information in criminal cases and the manner in which defendants receive that information. Pending: SB 16 Nelson Relating to certain issues affecting the punishment of the offense of murder. SB 455 Armbrister Relating to eligibility for enrollment in certain law enforcement training programs. ___________________________________________________________________________