Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an oral, written, sign language, or electronically recorded statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a police station or other place of detention by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor may be admissible as evidence against the accused in any criminal proceeding when the accused is in custody for first degree murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child, reckless homicide of an unborn child, or driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof and the defendant was involved in a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft accident that resulted in the death of another person, when driving while under the influence was a proximate cause of the death and the accused is questioned regarding any other offenses while in custody for one or more of these specified offenses. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5262 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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