8657E559803A7FE1872584FF0073001B Hearing Summary

Representatives Tipper and Soper, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1102. The bill requires district attorneys and the Colorado District Attorneys Council to maintain records of jailhouse witnesses. The bill also creates new processes around jailhouse witness testimony. The provided amendment L.002 (Attachment A).

Matt Wenig, representing the Denver District Attorney's Office, testified in opposition to the bill.

Matt Maillaro, representing the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office, testified in opposition to the bill.

Cliff Reidel, representing the 8th Judicial District Attorney's Office, testified in opposition to the bill.

Dan May, representing the El Paso County District Attorney's Office, testified in opposition to the bill.

The witness panel responded to questions from the committee.

Michelle Feldman, representing the Innocence Project, testified in support o f the bill.

Anne-Marie Moyes, representing the Kori Wise Innocence Project, testified in support of the bill.

James Karbach, representing the Office of the State Public Defender, testified in support of the bill.

Tristan Gorman, representing the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, testified in support of the bill.

Christy Sheppard, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

The panel of witnesses responded to questions from the committee.

Discussion with the witness panel continued.

Discussion continued.

Representative Tipper explained amendment L.001 and responded to questions from the committee.