HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, March 2, 1999

PLACE: E2.014

CHAIR: Rep. Juan Hinojosa

TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

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HB 77            Gallego
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 135            McClendon
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 150            Naishtat
Relating to jury instructions and charges in capital cases.

HB 151            Naishtat
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 172            Garcia
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 212            Hochberg
Relating to prohibiting jury-recommended community supervision for
a defendant convicted of murder.

HB 245            Gallego / et al.
Relating to procedures for determining whether a defendant
sentenced to death is incompetent for purposes of execution.

HB 388            Tillery
Relating to murder committed in certain places associated with a
school or educational institution as a capital offense.

HB 657            Keel
Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act
for necessary costs incurred in witnessing an execution.

HB 663            Hilderbran
Relating to the murder of an individual who is protected by a court
order by a person to whom the order is directed as a capital
offense.

HB 684            Solomons
Relating to the murder of an individual who is protected by a court
order by a person to whom the order is directed as a capital
offense.

HB 761            Dutton
Relating to jury instructions and charges in capital cases.

HB 796            Allen
Relating to the circumstances in which the murder of an individual
is punishable as a capital offense.

HB 887            Tillery
Relating to the murder of a child under certain circumstances as a
capital offense.

HB 1025            Hilderbran / et al.
Relating to the torture and murder of an individual as a capital
offense.

HB 1619            Dutton
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.








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