File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Ferguson
- Entitled:
-
Christopher's Law IV - Revisory Power of Courts - Limitations
Authorizing a defendant who seeks a court to revise, modify, or reduce
a sentence to file a motion within 90 days after the sentence is
imposed; limiting to 1 year the revisory power of the courts over
sentencing; requiring a decision that changes the original sentence to
be in writing and state the reasons for the decision; and allowing a
motion to revise, modify, or reduce the sentence to be filed at any
time in a case involving an illegal sentence, fraud, a mistake, or an
irregularity.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Criminal Procedure
- (
6-229
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
