Bill Title: Trials and magistrates. Conforms Indiana statutes concerning the right to a jury trial in a criminal case with the provisions in the Indiana Rules of Criminal Procedure concerning waiver of the right to a jury trial. Provides that, unless the defendant consents, a magistrate may not preside over a sentencing hearing if the magistrate did not preside over the criminal trial.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Public Law 108 [SB0137 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rodric Bray [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Fine [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Slager [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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