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HB 331, 60th R.S.

Relating to amending certain acts by adding to the definition of peace officers; authorizing peace officers to require witnesses to identify themselves; providing that magistrates must warn arrested persons brought before them of their constitutional rights; providing for the jury to pass sentence in capital cases where the State seeks the death penalty; providing that the Department of Public Safety shall become the depository for fingerprint records of persons granted probation under the Misdemeanor Probation Act, etc.

Author: Robert Landis "Bob" Armstrong
Coauthor: Fitzhugh Lee Duggan, Jr. | Russell Bennett Cummings | Walter Lee Knapp, Jr. | Cletus A. "Cowboy" Davis | Willis James Whatley

Subjects:
Criminal Procedure--General
Law Enforcement
PEACE OFFICERS

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