HB 14-1220 Summary

• Defense must disclose to prosecution within 35 days before trial (or 7 days for non-felony trials) all evidence, witness lists with names/addresses/birth dates, expert qualifications, and expert reports it intends to introduce at trial.

• Defense must disclose the nature of any affirmative defense at least 35 days before felony trial or 7 days before non-felony trial.

• Defense intending to use intoxication defense must notify prosecution at least 35 days before trial, identifying all substances causing intoxication, whether it was self-induced, and witness names and addresses.

• Defense asserting alibi must serve written notice at least 35 days before trial specifying the claimed location and alibi witness names and addresses; prosecution then provides names of rebuttal witnesses, and neither side may introduce contradictory evidence without court approval for good cause.

• Prosecutor and defense attorney must confer and attempt to resolve discovery issues at least 45 days before trial; no discovery motion may be filed without certification that this meet-and-confer requirement was satisfied.