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As Introduced
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | H. B. No. 18 |
REPRESENTATIVES TAYLOR-GARDNER-TERWILLEGER-FOX
A BILL
To enact sections 109.97 and 120.36 of the Revised Code
to require the Attorney General to annually prepare and file
with specified individuals a capital case status
report and to provide that an attorney who is
found to have
provided ineffective assistance of counsel in a capital case or in an appeal
of a capital case in which a sentence of death was imposed thereafter cannot
be appointed to represent an indigent defendant in a
similar type of case or
appeal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 109.97 and 120.36 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. 109.97. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "COMMUTATION," "PARDON," "PRISONER," AND "STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION
2967.01 OF THE REVISED
CODE.
(2) "INDIVIDUAL'S PRESENT LEGAL STATUS" MEANS WHICHEVER OF THE FOLLOWING
CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY ON THE THIRTY-FIRST
DAY OF DECEMBER OF THE CALENDAR
YEAR COVERED BY A CAPITAL CASE STATUS REPORT
DESCRIBED IN DIVISIONS (B) AND
(C) OF THIS SECTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2929.02 TO 2929.04 OR SECTION 2929.06 of the Revised Code FOR AN
AGGRAVATED MURDER COMMITTED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 19, 1981:
(a) THE INDIVIDUAL WAS EXECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 2949.22 of the Revised Code FOR THE AGGRAVATED MURDER, OR THE INDIVIDUAL
OTHERWISE IS DECEASED.
(b) THE INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO BE CONFINED IN A STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WAITING FOR
THE EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCE OF DEATH.
(c) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM
CONFINEMENT IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION PURSUANT TO A PARDON GRANTED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGGRAVATED MURDER, OR THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN GRANTED A
COMMUTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGGRAVATED MURDER AND HAS BEEN RELEASED
FROM CONFINEMENT OR IS SERVING A PRISON TERM OR SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT
PURSUANT TO THE COMMUTATION.
(d) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH VACATED OR
REVERSED ON APPEAL OR PURSUANT TO DIVISION (C) OF SECTION 2929.05
of the Revised Code OR OTHERWISE HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF THE SENTENCE OF DEATH
BY A COURT OF THIS STATE OR THE UNITED STATES.
(e) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH VACATED AS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2929.06 OF THE REVISED CODE OR
OTHERWISE, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN RESENTENCED PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION OR
OTHERWISE TO A SENTENCE OTHER THAN A SENTENCE OF DEATH, AND THE INDIVIDUAL IS
A
PRISONER SERVING A PRISON TERM OR SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT IN A STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
(f) THE INDIVIDUAL IS CONFINED IN A
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF ANOTHER STATE OR THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE COMMISSION OF
ANOTHER OFFENSE OR HAS BEEN EXECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SENTENCE
OF DEATH IMPOSED BY A COURT OF ANOTHER STATE OR THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE COMMISSION OF
ANOTHER OFFENSE.
(g) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS ESCAPED FROM CONFINEMENT IN A STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF
ANOTHER STATE OR THE UNITED STATES AND CURRENTLY IS
AT-LARGE.
(B) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANNUALLY SHALL PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED A CAPITAL CASE
STATUS REPORT THAT PERTAINS TO ALL
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2929.02 TO
2929.04
OR SECTION 2929.06 of the Revised Code FOR AN AGGRAVATED MURDER COMMITTED ON OR AFTER
OCTOBER 19, 1981, AND THAT
CONTAINS FOR EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL FILE A COPY OF EACH ANNUAL CAPITAL CASE
STATUS REPORT WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NO LATER THAN THE FIRST
DAY OF APRIL OF THE CALENDAR
YEAR FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR COVERED BY THE REPORT. EACH
ANNUAL CAPITAL CASE STATUS REPORT SHALL BE A PUBLIC
RECORD SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND COPYING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 149.43 OF THE REVISED
CODE.
(C)(1) AN ANNUAL CAPITAL CASE STATUS
REPORT PREPARED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL
CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THAT PERTAINS AS OF
THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF
DECEMBER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR
COVERED BY THE REPORT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH PURSUANT
TO SECTIONS 2929.02 TO 2929.04 OR 2929.06 OF THE
REVISED CODE FOR AN AGGRAVATED MURDER COMMITTED ON OR AFTER
OCTOBER 19, 1981:
(a) A CITATION TO AND BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS
OF EACH CASE IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2929.02 TO 2929.04 OR SECTION 2929.06 OF THE
REVISED CODE FOR AN AGGRAVATED MURDER COMMITTED ON OR AFTER
OCTOBER 19, 1981;
(b) A STATEMENT AS TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S PRESENT LEGAL
STATUS;
(c) A SUMMARY HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S LEGAL
ACTIONS TO VACATE, REVERSE, OR OTHERWISE BE RELIEVED FROM THE
SENTENCE OF DEATH DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(C)(1)(a)
OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
MOTIONS TO VACATE THE SENTENCE OF DEATH, APPEALS, PETITIONS FOR
POSTCONVICTION RELIEF, AND PETITIONS FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF
FILED WITH A COURT OF THIS STATE OR A COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES UNDER SECTION 2929.05, 2953.21, OR ANOTHER
SECTION OF THE REVISED CODE, THE OHIO
CONSTITUTION, FEDERAL STATUTES, OR THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION;
(d) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL DETERMINES IS RELEVANT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED DATE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
SENTENCE OF DEATH IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2949.22 OF THE
REVISED CODE.
(2) IN EACH ANNUAL CAPITAL CASE
STATUS REPORT PREPARED PURSUANT TO
DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL SET FORTH OR CAUSE TO BE SET FORTH
THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(C)(1)
OF THIS SECTION IN THE FORM THAT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL CONSIDERS MOST APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHARTS, TABLES, GRAPHS, AND
NARRATIVE SUMMARIES.
(D) ALL OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS STATE AND ITS POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS SHALL COOPERATE, UPON REQUEST OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, IN PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT FACILITATES THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THIS SECTION.
Sec. 120.36. (A) THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY DECLARES THAT IT RECOGNIZES THAT, WHEN
AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT WHO IS CHARGED WITH A CAPITAL OFFENSE IS
ENTITLED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND WHEN AN INDIGENT
DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IS ENTITLED TO THE
APPOINTMENT OF APPELLATE COUNSEL, THE RIGHT INCLUDES AS A
COMPONENT THAT THE DEFENDANT BE PROVIDED THE EFFECTIVE
ASSISTANCE OF THE APPOINTED COUNSEL OR THE APPOINTED APPELLATE
COUNSEL AND THE RIGHT IS A SUBSTANTIVE RIGHT OF THE DEFENDANT.
THE PROVISIONS OF DIVISION (B)
OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO PROTECT THE SUBSTANTIVE RIGHT OF AN
INDIGENT DEFENDANT THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS DIVISION.
(B) IF AN ATTORNEY SERVES AS COUNSEL FOR A DEFENDANT WHO IS
CHARGED WITH A CAPITAL
OFFENSE AND WHO IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THAT OFFENSE OR SERVES
AS APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR A DEFENDANT WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR A CAPITAL OFFENSE, IF ANY COURT OF THIS STATE OR OF THE
UNITED
STATES SUBSEQUENTLY FINDS THAT
IN THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY SERVED AS
COUNSEL OR APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT THE
ATTORNEY PROVIDED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL TO THE
DEFENDANT, AND IF THE FINDING OF THE COURT OF THIS
STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IS NOT SUBSEQUENTLY REVERSED
OR OVERTURNED ON APPEAL, THEREAFTER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW
PERTAINING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS
IN A CAPITAL CASE OR IN AN APPEAL OF A CAPITAL CASE AND
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CERTIFICATION OF THE ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO
ANY LAW OF THAT NATURE AS ELIGIBLE TRIAL COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS
IN CAPITAL CASES OR AS ELIGIBLE APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT
DEFENDANTS IN APPEALS OF CAPITAL CASES, IN NO CASE SHALL THE
ATTORNEY BE APPOINTED AS COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT WHO
IS CHARGED WITH A CAPITAL OFFENSE OR AS APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR AN
INDIGENT DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR A CAPITAL
OFFENSE. THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH IN THIS DIVISION IS
PERMANENT, AND NO COURT SHALL TERMINATE OR MODIFY THE PROHIBITION.
(C) THE SUPREME COURT SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) MAINTAIN, OR PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF, A LIST
OF ALL ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE PROVIDED THE
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN A CAPITAL CASE OR IN AN APPEAL
OF A CAPITAL CASE, AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(B) OF THIS SECTION;
(2) PERIODICALLY UPDATE, OR PROVIDE FOR THE PERIODIC
UPDATING OF, THE LIST DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION;
(3) PERIODICALLY PROVIDE, OR PROVIDE FOR THE PERIODIC
PROVISION OF, COPIES OF THE LIST DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, AS
UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION
(C)(2) OF THIS SECTION, TO ALL JUDGES OF A COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, ALL
COURTS OF APPEALS, THE SUPREME
COURT, AND THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER;
(4) UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PERSON, INFORM THE PERSON
WHETHER A SPECIFIED ATTORNEY IS ON THE LIST DESCRIBED IN
DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS
SECTION, AS UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION
(C)(2) OF THIS SECTION.
(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "APPELLATE COUNSEL" MEANS COUNSEL IN ANY APPEAL OF A
CAPITAL CASE.
(2) "APPEAL OF A CAPITAL CASE" MEANS ANY DIRECT APPEAL OF
A CAPITAL CASE OR ANY COLLATERAL CHALLENGE OR APPEAL REGARDING A
CAPITAL CASE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY POSTCONVICTION
RELIEF PROCEEDING, ANY STATE OR FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS
PROCEEDING, OR ANY APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENT IN ANY POSTCONVICTION
RELIEF PROCEEDING OR IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS
PROCEEDING.
(3) "LAW PERTAINING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR
INDIGENT DEFENDANTS IN A CAPITAL CASE OR IN AN APPEAL OF A
CAPITAL CASE" MEANS RULE 65 OF THE RULES OF
SUPERINTENDENCE FOR THE COURTS OF COMMON
PLEAS, RULE 6 OF THE RULES OF
SUPERINTENDENCE FOR THE COURTS OF APPEALS,
CRIMINAL RULE 44, THE SECTIONS CONTAINED
IN THIS CHAPTER, SECTION 2941.51 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW THAT PERTAINS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR AN
INDIGENT DEFENDANT WHO IS CHARGED WITH A CAPITAL OFFENSE OR TO
THE APPOINTMENT OF APPELLATE COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT
WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR A CAPITAL OFFENSE.
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