Bill Title: Trials and magistrates. Conforms Indiana statutes concerning the right to a jury trial in a criminal case with the provisions in the Indiana Rules of Criminal Procedure concerning waiver of the right to a jury trial. Provides that, unless the defendant consents, a magistrate may not preside over a sentencing hearing if the magistrate did not preside over the criminal trial.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Public Law 108 [SB0137 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments	2015-04-23	46	0	3	1	50	Passed	Link	View
House	House - Third reading	2015-03-31	96	0	2	2	100	Passed	Link	View
House	House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code - Committee Vote	2015-03-25	9	0	0	4	13	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate - Third reading	2015-01-27	28	22	0	0	50	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Committee on Judiciary - Committee Vote	2015-01-21	9	1	0	0	10	Passed	Link	View

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