Criminal case; admissibility of prior inconsistent statements. (SB1076)

Introduced By

Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston)

Progress

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

Description

Admissibility of prior inconsistent statements in a criminal case. Provides that in all criminal cases, evidence of a prior statement that is inconsistent with testimony at the hearing or trial is admissible if the testifying witness is subject to cross-examination and the prior statement (i) was made by the witness under oath at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding or (ii) narrates, describes, or explains an event or condition of which the witness had personal knowledge and (a) the statement is proved to have been written or signed by the witness; (b) the witness acknowledges, under oath, the making of the statement in his testimony at the hearing or trial in which the admission into evidence of the prior statement is being sought; or (c) the statement is proved to have been accurately recorded by use of an audio recorder, a video/audio recorder, or any other similar electronic means of sound recording. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
12/13/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101472D
12/13/2018Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/2019Committee substitute printed to LIS only 19104790D-S1
01/23/2019Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)