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Indiana committee advances bill to create process for Giglio disclosures about law enforcement convictions
Summary
The Corrections and Criminal Law Committee advanced House Bill 1471, which sets a process for notifying prosecutors when a law enforcement officer has a potential Giglio disclosure and for placing officers on a prosecutorial list. An amendment that clarifies notification timing was adopted and the amended bill passed unanimously in the committee.
House Bill 1471 would create a structured process for handling so-called Giglio matters—information about a law enforcement officer's criminal conviction or other credibility-related issues that prosecutors may be required to disclose to defense counsel. The bill, presented to the Corrections and Criminal Law Committee, was amended to specify timing for notifications and passed on a 7–0 voice vote.
Representative Stirwold told the committee the bill was “worked on for quite some time between law enforcement and the IPAC,” and that the measure “tries to…
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