Bill > LB601

This bill clarifies the provisions for motions for a new trial in criminal cases by amending Section 29-2101 of Nebraska's Revised Statutes. The bill maintains the existing grounds for requesting a new trial after a criminal conviction, which include court procedural irregularities, misconduct by the jury or prosecution, unexpected events that could not have been reasonably anticipated, verdicts not supported by sufficient evidence or contrary to law, newly discovered evidence that could not have been found through reasonable diligence, newly discovered exculpatory DNA or forensic evidence, and legal errors during the trial. The primary changes appear to be stylistic, with minor modifications to the capitalization and formatting of certain terms, such as changing "misconduct" to "Misconduct" and "newly" to "Newly", without substantively altering the meaning of the statute. The bill ultimately repeals the original section of the law, replacing it with this updated version, which serves to clarify and potentially standardize the language around motions for a new trial in criminal cases.

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