Bill > HB750

Introduced Session

An Act To Create The "mississippi Confidential Informant Act"; To Provide Definitions For This Act; To Require Various Factors To Be Considered When An Informant Or Information Provided By An Informant Will Be Used For Any Purpose By A Law Enforcement Agency, District Attorney Or During Any Court Proceeding; To Create The List Of Required Reliability Factors To Be Considered When Using An Informant Or Information Provided By An Informant; To Require Certain Information To Be Provided In Written Form, With A Signature Line To Each Informant; To Require Any District Attorney Who Intends To Use An Informant Or Information Provided By An Informant To Disclose Such Intent To The Court; To Require The District Attorney To Provide The List Of Factors Used To Determine The Informant's Reliability To The Court; To Prohibit Use Of A Person Who Is 15 Years Of Age Or Younger As An Informant In Any Manner; To Provide That Any Person Over The Age Of 15 And Under The Age Of 18 Shall Not Be An Informant Unless A Court Order Authorizes The Minor's Cooperation; To Require Each Law Enforcement Agency Or State Agency With A Law Enforcement Department To Report To The Joint Committee On Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review, Not Later Than March 1 Of Each Year, All Serious Crimes, Authorized And Unauthorized, Committed By Informants Used By The Law Enforcement Agency; To Require A Hearing Before Any Court Proceeding In Which An Informant Will Be Used; To Require A Hearing To Determine The Reliability Of The Informant Before The Court Proceeding In Which The Informant Or The Information Provided By The Informant Will Be Used; To Prohibit Use Of Any Person Who Is Receiving In-patient Or Out-patient Treatment For Substance Abuse To Be Used As An Informant To Buy Or Sale Controlled Substances Or Contraband Of Controlled Substances; To Require Statements Of Informants To Be Recorded Electronically; To Require The Attorney General To Collect And Publicly Disseminate The Following Annual Aggregate Data From All State Law Enforcement Agencies; The Attorney General Shall Collect And Post On Its Website, Certain Information Regarding Use Of Informants; To Provide The List Of The Required Information; To Require Law Enforcement Officials, Including District Attorneys, To Have An Affirmative Duty To Report When There Is Reason To Believe That An Innocent Person Has Been Convicted Of A Crime; To Amend Section 99-39-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

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Joel Bomgar (R)*, 

Died In Committee (on 01/31/2017)

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