Virginia House Bill 51 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 19 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-30 - House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Deferred disposition in a criminal case. Provides that except as otherwise provided in law, a trial court presiding in a criminal case shall, unless all parties agree to a waiver of the requirement, announce a judgment of, or enter an order of, conviction or acquittal within 72 hours of the conclusion of the guilt phase of the trial. The bill also provides that if circumstances requiring delay exist, the court may, upon notice to the parties, delay announcement of the verdict or entry of the order for 21 additional days.

Deferred disposition; trial court shall announce judgment within 72 hours of guilt phase of trial.

Del. David Albo [R]

2012-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB750-Cline) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-30		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2012-01-30		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2012-01-18		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB750-Cline) (9-Y 0-N)
2012-01-13		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2011-12-19		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-12-19		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100392D

HB750 (Similar To) 2012-03-02 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	298.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB51
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB51+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0801V0012+HB0051