Hawaii House Bill 309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-26 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Allows the court to instruct the jury that the jury shall consider the prosecution's failure to disclose information or materials as required by the Hawaii rules of penal procedure as relevant in its deliberations to determine whether or not there is reasonable doubt. Allows the court to inform the jury of the misconduct of the defense for purposes of the jury's deliberation on the evidence in the course of determining whether or not there is reasonable doubt if the court finds that the defense intentionally or knowingly committed misconduct during the trial that has the effect of misleading the jury.

Hawaii Rules of Evidence; Instructions to Jury

Rep. Richard Creagan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-26	House	Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1
2015-01-26	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2015-01-23	House	Pending introduction.

SB764 (Same As) 2015-02-25 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=309&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB309_.HTM