TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB560 by Carona (Relating to court orders for discovery in a criminal case.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a court, upon a defendant's motion, to order the State to allow the defendant to inspect and copy certain documents that are evidence in the defendant's case and are in the custody or possession of the State.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WP, LB, KJG
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