The Criminal Subcommittee advanced six bills on topics ranging from crediting incarcerated labor toward court debt to conforming robbery sentencing degrees, with contested votes on marijuana sentence modification (8-2), criminal discovery access (9-1), and robbery code cleanup (7-3), while referring several bills to Appropriations.
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Nathan Green (VACA) argued that because all pre-2021 robberies were charged under a single undifferentiated statute, prosecutors would have no factual findings to prove a higher degree, forcing every prior robbery conviction to default to a Class 6 felony regardless of actual conduct. Committee counsel acknowledged the burden shifts to the Commonwealth to prove prior facts but analogized the situation to how grand larceny threshold changes were handled, noting the same issue existed there.
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“I'd rather it be streamlined of support 16 because currently I have my check garnished. I'm a full time student, full time employee and an advocate. And my check is being garnished from them counties that would not allow me to use those hours to compensate to pay for my fines and fees.”
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Sign in to subscribeHouse Court Subcommittee on Criminal Law will come to order. Clerk, please open the roll. Members, indicate your presence. Close the roll. We have a quorum. Again, being very conscious, everyone's wanting to be where they want to be safely this weekend. First of all, let me announce that on our docket, as you have it before you and I need to have mine in front of me. We will go by until Wednesday. Forgive me for my hesitancy on here. We will go by for Wednesday on Colson's bill. Could you give me the number, please? Delegate Colson, 127 will go by until Wednesday. If there's anyone here or online for that, I believe that's the only one that we have going by. And I see we have the patron of the first one on our docket. Delegate Price, if you would come forward to present. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair. I would like to turn your attention back to House Bill 16. And this was about work performed during incarceration and being in consultation with some groups that expressed some concern. I have gotten clarity that the bill does not change any of the functions that are…
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