The Florida Senate

HB 2187: Capital Collateral Representation

GENERAL BILL by Crime & Punishment ; Ball ; Crist

Capital Collateral Representation; requires private counsel appointments to be in accordance with specified provisions; requires notification of trial court if appointed attorney fails to execute contract within specified period; authorizes attorney appointed to represent defendant in postconviction capital collateral proceeding to designate another attorney to assist in representation; provides for payment of attorney's miscellaneous expenses, etc. Amends 27.703,.710,.711.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  4/8/1999	House	• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00547
  4/15/1999	House	• Referred to Judiciary (CJC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00618
  4/30/1999	House	• Died in Committee on Judiciary (CJC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2054 (Ch. 99-221)

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• HB 2187, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:27 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Crime & Punishment (Post-Meeting) 3/30/1999 (pdf) Crime & Punishment (Post-Meeting) 6/7/1999 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2054 (e1)		Burt	Similar	Last Action: 5/26/1999 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-221 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  27.703	Conflict of interest and substitute counsel.
  27.710	Registry of attorneys applying to represent persons in postconviction capital collateral proceedings; certification of minimum requirements; appointment by trial court.
  27.711	Terms and conditions of appointment of attorneys as counsel in postconviction capital collateral proceedings.

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