HB789: Expert witness; eliminates prohibition against compensating in certain criminal cases.

Chief Patron

Del. Bob Brink (D-48)

Bob Brink (D-48)
Arlington, VA
Served: 1998–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/23/2006: signed by governor

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Summary

Criminal procedure; compensation of expert witness. Eliminates the prohibition against compensating psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, or other experts who are employed by the Commonwealth and appointed by the court to render professional service in trials involving an insanity defense or after conviction in a case in which the offense indicates sexual abnormality, except those who are employed by the University of Virginia School of Medicine or the Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University. The bill limits such compensation to that which is provided during non-state hours and that is approved as being outside the scope of state employment. This bill is identical to SB 251.   View Full Text »