Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

House Bill 702

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Title

Description: DNA evidence; require preservation in capital cases.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary En Banc
2 01/31 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Brown

Additional Authors: Mayo, Whittington

Code Sections: A 099-0017-0020, A 047-0005-0183

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-17-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE DNA TESTING IN DEATH PENALTY CASES BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF EVIDENCE; TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING DNA SAMPLES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-183, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/31/06 at 18:07.

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