The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee held further hearing on SB 64 on sentence modification authored by Sen. Young. The bill provides that without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, a court may not reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement. At the first hearing, testimony was … [Read more...] about Sentence modification
Criminal
Internet crimes investigation fee and fund
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 68 on internet crimes investigation fee and fund authored by Sen. Crider. The bill provides the following: establishes the Internet crimes investigation fund (fund) requires the state police department (department) to administer the fund and use money in the fund to: (1) pay for certain costs incurred by the department and directly related … [Read more...] about Internet crimes investigation fee and fund
Forensic treatment services
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1006 on forensic treatment services, authored by Rep. Steuerwald. The bill provides the following: makes various changes to the criminal justice institute's annual report on the impact of criminal code reform on local units of government, the department of correction, and the office of judicial administration requires the annual report to be … [Read more...] about Forensic treatment services
Pretrial diversion
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1057 on pretrial diversion authored by Rep. Steuerwald. The bill allows prosecutor diversion programs to charge a $75 initial fee for felony diversion cases, permit additional program fees that are reasonably related to the person’s rehabilitation and approved by the court, and require the monthly user fee not be collected beyond … [Read more...] about Pretrial diversion
Court fees
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1092 on court fees authored by Rep. Hatfield. The bill requires the assessment of the drug abuse interdiction fee against individuals convicted of certain legend drug offenses. Indiana Prosecuting Attorney Council testified in support. The bill passed 9-1. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1092 … [Read more...] about Court fees