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6 Document(s) [ Subject: Criminal appeals ]

• Committee:

  House Criminal Jurisprudence, 67th R.S. (1981)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Appellate courts | Bail | Criminal appeals | Criminal justice | Illegal video recordings | Indigent criminal defense | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Privacy | Recidivism | Searches and seizures | State income taxes |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.67 j979cr

  Description:

  [58 pages  File size: 1,900 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Review federal and state wiretap statutes and court cases related to wiretapping and electronic surveillance to determine if pen registers, devices which record the numbers dialed by a particular telephone, are covered by the procedures, restrictions and safeguards of the state wire communications laws. *
  2. Compare Texas' statutes with those of other states to assess differences in programs and compensation for counsel appointed to defend indigents.
  3. Compare our penalty schedule, including the habitual criminal law, and our recidivism rates to those of other states to determine if any other penalty schedule tends to reduce recidivism more than our present penalty schedule.
  4. Consider whether the Courts of Appeals are able to effectively accomplish their constitutional and statutory duties in disposing of intermediate criminal appeals. Determine what resources are necessary to allow the Courts of Appeals to handle the larger load of criminal cases. *
  5. Make recommendations for clarifying the status of habeas corpus orders issued by Courts of Appeals. *
  6. Monitor the implementation of HB 360, 67th R.S..
  7. Monitor the implementation of SJR 36, 67th R.S., through the requirements set by SB 265, 67th R.S..

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Interim Report - Volume 2

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Appellate courts | Court congestion | Criminal appeals | Trial courts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 j898 2

  Description:

  [157 pages  File size: 4,527 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study means of streamlining and making more efficient the administration of justice at the trial court level.
  2. Study the need for implementing legislation relating to changing the Courts of Civil Appeals to "Courts of Appeals" with criminal jurisdiction (SJR 36, 66th R.S.).

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Points for consideration concerning legislation to implement S.J.R. 36

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 ap48s

  Description:

  [3 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  The Texas Appellate Courts: report on the implementation of S.J.R. 36

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 ap48 1

  Description:

  [104 pages  File size: 3,267 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  The Texas Appellate Courts; report on the implementation of S.J.R. 36

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 ap48 2

  Description:

  [161 pages  File size: 4,221 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Texas appellate court III project : a continuation study on the implementation of

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 ap48 3

  Description:

  [55 pages  File size: 1,240 kb]

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* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.