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Committee advances HB 228 on bond/hearing procedures amid defense concerns over discovery timing
Summary
HB 228, which would fold bond and probable-cause procedures into a combined hearing similar to NY practice, received a favorable committee report after extended debate about defendants’ access to discovery and forensic delays that can take months.
The Senate Judiciary Committee moved HB 228 forward with a favorable report after extended debate about how the measure would change bond and preliminary hearing procedures and whether defendants would be able to secure timely discovery.
Representative Hill introduced HB 228 as a measure modeled in part on New York law to allow a single recorded hearing to address bond and probable cause, which proponents said can…
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