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2021 Bill(s)
* SCS HB 530 Sponsor:Evans, David Status: S 3rd Read Description: Provide restrictions as to when a court is obligated to instruct a jury for a criminal case of lesser included offenses that could be the verdict. The bill covers a Supreme Court decision that overturned a death sentence finding by a jury in a murder case because the judge did not include in his instructions to the jury the right to vote for a lesser-included offense.
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