Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB111 by Pena (Relating to the joint or seperate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. The bill would require courts to hold separate trials for two or more defendants who are indicted for the same capital felony for which the state seeks the death penalty for any one of the defendants. To the extent the bill would amend court procedures, the change is not anticipated to significantly increase judicial workloads statewide, resulting in no significant fiscal implication to the State.
Local Government Impact
The bill would require courts to hold separate trials for two or more defendants who are indicted for the same capital felony for which the state seeds the death penalty for any one of the defendants, which could increase local expenditures due to the prosecutorial costs, and increased court operating costs. Costs to local governmental entities to implement the provisions of the bill would depend upon the number of capital felony trials.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council