Virginia House Bill 598 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Plea required for issuance of a writ of actual innocence. Provides that a convicted person may petition for a writ of actual innocence regardless of the type of plea he entered at trial. Under current law, a person may petition for a writ based on nonbiological evidence if he entered a plea of not guilty; a person may petition for a writ based on biological evidence if he (i) entered a plea of not guilty, (ii) is convicted of murder, or (iii) is convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for life.

Writ of actual innocence; type of plea required for issuance.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-04	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-02-07	House	Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2014-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015 by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101613D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	327.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	327.11	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	327.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	327.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB598
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB598+hil