2008 House Bill 6516: Revise domestic violence case admissible prior offense rules

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Introduced by Rep. Mike Simpson (D) on September 24, 2008, to expand the scope of a law that allows evidence of prior acts of domestic violence (not limited to just actual convictions) to be admissible as evidence in domestic violence cases. The bill would make admissible additional types of violations and case dispositions.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on September 24, 2008.

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1) So If by Anonymous Citizen on October 1, 2008
you rob a beer store, shoot the owner and get to trial they can't use prior convictions to build a case but if your wife cries wolf they can use anything that you have ever said against you?
Anybody that doesn't think that it is time for a part time legislature must have been lobotomized at an early age.
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2) 2008 House Bill 6516 (Revise domestic violence case admissible prior offense rules ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the House on September 24, 2008

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