PRINTER'S NO. 649
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
691
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, McNEILL, FREEMAN,
MADDEN, KRAJEWSKI, N. NELSON, O'MARA, KINSEY, DEASY, WEBSTER,
SCHWEYER, ROZZI, LEE, POLINCHOCK, DELLOSO, KINKEAD, BULLOCK,
SHUSTERMAN, WHEATLEY AND HOWARD, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters,
further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for
postconviction review for veterans with traumatic brain
injury or post-traumatic stress disorder and further
providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; and, in
sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for
murder of the first degree.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9543(a)(2) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
subparagraph to read:
§ 9543. Eligibility for relief.
(a) General rule.--To be eligible for relief under this
subchapter, the petitioner must plead and prove by a
preponderance of the evidence all of the following:
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(2) That the conviction or sentence resulted from one or
more of the following:
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