Bill Text - HB389 (2013)

Relative to discovery in misdemeanor and violation cases.


Revision: Dec. 31, 2013, midnight

HB 389 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0203

03/09

HOUSE BILL 389

AN ACT relative to discovery in misdemeanor and violation cases.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5; Rep. Peterson, Hills 21; Rep.?LeBrun, Hills 32; Rep. Lambert, Hills 44; Rep. J. Webb, Rock 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill allows a person issued a summons for a misdemeanor or violation to obtain a copy of the police report and any other discoverable material related to the offense.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0203

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to discovery in misdemeanor and violation cases.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Summons Instead of Arrest; Discovery. Amend RSA 594:14 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. A person issued a summons for a misdemeanor or violation may obtain, without cost and upon request, a copy of the police report and any other discoverable material related to the offense.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.