Weekly Writ February 17th

Weekly Writ

February 17 2017

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Welcome New TACDL Members:

Whitney Raque

Rosalind Brown

David Byrne

Greg Taylor

Barbara Penland-LaFevers

In This Issue

TACDL Membership Card

From The Director's Chair

Upcoming CLE Classes

Legislative Update

Recent Opinions

From The Director's Chair

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Wherever justice demands,

Tracey Hawk

Upcoming CLE classes

Sex Crimes Seminar
March 16, 2017
Knoxville and Jackson TN

Forensic Science Seminar
May 5, 2017

Location and Registration will open soon for both of these.

Legislative Update

This week we are keeping our eye on SB007/HB007 We may be asked to testify about this bill on Tuesday at 3:30 in the Senate Judiciary Committee. We are lending our voice in partnership with the PD conference.

Bad bills:

SB0682/HB573 - Agg. Burglary ineligible for judicial diversion. BAD. We are against making any offenses ineligible for diversion. Offenses should be considered on a case-by-case bases by the judge and prosecutor. The offense may sound bad, but can include relatively minor conduct.

Good bills:

SB0221/HB4- parole- requires parole board to release inmate who is looked up for a violation due to a new offense to be released if charge is dismissed.

SB0265/HB297- reduces marijuana penalties

SB1245HB418- reduces expungement fee

Upcoming Lawyer of the Day Schedule:

February 7th- Alex Bissell
February 8th- Mark Tribble

We still have a few spots open so sign up here

Check out the Brief Bank section in the TACDL website to find the weekly legislative update.

The legislative committee is looking for TACDL members who would be willing to contact their elected officials about legislation that impacts the criminal justice community. If you would like to be involved send Tracey Hawk an email.