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Senate Bill S1487
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
(R, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S1487 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S1487 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that persons convicted of multiple counts of rape in the first degree against different victims or the same victim, must serve the sentence for such convictions, and consecutive to any other undischarged term of imprisonment to which the defendant was subject and for which he may be confined at the time of sentencing.
2009-S1487 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1487 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment PURPOSE : To punish repeat sexual offenders by mandating consecutive sentences for each act of first-degree rape. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Adds a new subdivision 2-h to section 70.25 of the Penal Law requiring the courts to impose consecutive sentences for each act of first degree rape. JUSTIFICATION : The crime of first-degree rape, one of horrifying sexual violence, is often repetitive either against the same victim, or against several victims. Victims may be abducted and held, and repeatedly raped over the course of hours or even days. Such sexual predators terrorize entire communities. Under current law, it is possible for a judge to issue concurrent sentences for multiple counts arising from separate and distinct acts of rape. For instances of rape it is customary to charge each act as a
2009-S1487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1487 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKELOS, ALESI, DeFRANCISCO, FARLEY, FUSCHILLO, GOLD- EN, GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LEIBELL, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MAZIARZ, MORA- HAN, SALAND, VOLKER, WINNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-h to read as follows: 2-H. WHENEVER A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE COUNTS OF RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.35 OF THIS CHAPTER, COMMITTED AGAINST DIFFERENT VICTIMS OR THE SAME VICTIM, IN SEPARATE AND DISTINCT SEXUAL ACTS, THEN ANY TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED AS A SENTENCE UPON SUCH CONVICTIONS SHALL RUN CONSECUTIVELY TO EACH OTHER AND TO ANY OTHER UNDISCHARGED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT WAS SUBJECT AND FOR WHICH HE OR SHE MAY BE CONFINED AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02187-01-9
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