On April 11 the Texas Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1611, also called the Michael Morton Act, a rewrite of the state's criminal-discovery statute. "Our criminal discovery process in Texas needs serious reform," said bill author Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, on the Senate floor.
April 22, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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On April 11 the Texas Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1611, also called the Michael Morton Act, a rewrite of the state’s criminal-discovery statute.
Current law requires a prosecutor to disclose exculpatory or mitigating evidence and requires criminal-defense lawyers to obtain a court order for other discovery.
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