HBA-BSM H.B. 2288 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2288
By: Dunnam
Criminal Jurisprudence
3/26/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a defendant may not be released on bail pending the
appeal of any felony conviction in which the punishment equals or exceeds
10 years confinement or when the defendant has been convicted of an offense
for which judge ordered community supervision does not apply.  Current law
also provides that the defendant must decide to remain in jail and appeal,
or be released from jail and be placed on probation and relinquish the
right to appeal.  House Bill 2288 enables a defendant to be released on
bail pending the appeal from any felony conviction where punishment equals
10 years confinement, or when the defendant has been convicted of an
offense for which judge-ordered community supervision does not apply. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2288 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to remove the
provision that prohibited a defendant from being released on bail pending
the appeal from any felony conviction where the punishment is equal to 10
years confinement, or when the defendant has been convicted of an offense
for which the defendant has been convicted of an offense for which judge
ordered-community supervision does not apply. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.