Kathleen Murphy voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Court Authority in Criminal Cases
Signed by Governor Ralph Northam
Title: Amends Court Authority in Criminal Cases
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that amends court authority to authorize prosecutorial discretion to dispose of criminal cases.
Requires a court, upon motion of the state to dismiss a charge and with the consent of the defendant, to grant the motion unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of bribery, bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Court Authority in Criminal Cases
Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends court authority to authorize prosecutorial discretion to dispose of criminal cases.
Requires a court, upon motion of the state to dismiss a charge and with the consent of the defendant, to grant the motion unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of bribery, bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Court Authority in Criminal Cases
Title: Amends Court Authority in Criminal Cases