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Senate Bill S2593
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S2593 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง180.50 & 180.70, CP L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S2993
2013-2014: S807
2009-S2593 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the reduction of a felony charge where there is reasonable cause to believe the defendant committed a felony in addition to a non-felony offense and where there is reasonable cause to believe the defendant committed such felony against a victim who was 70 years of age or older at the time of such offense.
2009-S2593 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2593 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to prohibiting the reduction of a felony charge where the victim of the felony was seventy years of age or older PURPOSE : Prohibits the reduction of a felony charge where the victim of a crime is seventy years of age or older. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 180.50 and subdivision 3 of section 180.70 of the Criminal Procedure Law to achieve the above stated purpose. JUSTIFICATION : This legislation would strengthen the law against those who commit felonies against one of the most vulnerable groups in our communities: our senior citizens. We as a society have an obligation to protect our senior citizens from those who prey on the elderly. This bill would prevent any individual who would bring harm to a vulnerable older person from pleading to a reduced charge in satisfaction of the original felony charge, and will guarantee punishment to the fullest extent of the law.
2009-S2593 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2593 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADAMS, MONSERRATE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to prohibiting the reduction of a felony charge where the victim of the felony was seventy years of age or older THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 180.50 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: (b) If there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed a felony in addition to the non-felony offense, the court may order a reduction of the charge to one for the non-felony offense only if (i) it is satisfied that such reduction is in the interest of justice, and (ii) the district attorney consents thereto; provided, however, that the court may not order such reduction where there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed a class A felo- ny, other than those defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law, or any armed felony as defined in subdivision forty-one of section 1.20 OR WHERE THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE DEFENDANT COMMIT- TED ANY FELONY AND THE VICTIM OF SUCH FELONY WAS SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 180.70 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 3. If there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant commit- ted a felony in addition to a non-felony offense, the court may, instead of ordering the defendant held for the action of a grand jury as provided in subdivision one, reduce the charge to one for such non-felo- ny offense as provided in subdivision two, if (a) it is satisfied that such reduction is in the interest of justice, and (b) the district EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04991-01-9
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