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Drug, graffiti sentencing, criminal discovery highlight House Criminal Jurisprudence agenda

Here are some of the big issues up in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee today:Discovery in criminal trialsChairman Pete Gallego has a bill up requiring mutual pretrial discovery for both the prosecution and the defense, with related bills up by Reps Guillen and Dutton. If you get four lawyers in the room you're likely to get five opinions on the subject, but I'm not a lawyer and as I've listened to the debates over the years, I've warmed to the idea. There has to be some way to ensure exculpatory evidence is disclosed before trial. Just requiring open files of prosecutors might be my personal preference (many counties operate that way just fine), but having witnessed this fight go on for years, I know it will take at least minimalist defense disclosure to seal the deal politically at the Lege...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 15, 2011 (boomark / email).