Senate Bill S3543

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S3543 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7353
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง130.35 & 70.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S479, A7402
2013-2014: S2144, A7422
2015-2016: S4504
2017-2018: S6151
2019-2020: S1784
2021-2022: S4635
2023-2024: S4110

2011-S3543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole.

2011-S3543 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3543

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 making rape in  the  first
  degree  a class A-I felony with a penalty of life imprisonment without
  parole

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The closing paragraph of section 130.35 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  Rape in the first degree is a class [B] A-I felony.
  S  2.  Subdivision  5 of section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 482 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  5.  Life  imprisonment  without  parole.  Notwithstanding  any   other
provision  of  law,  a  defendant sentenced to life imprisonment without
parole shall not  be  or  become  eligible  for  parole  or  conditional
release.  For  purposes of commitment and custody, other than parole and
conditional release, such sentence shall be deemed to be  an  indetermi-
nate  sentence.  A defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment with-
out parole upon conviction for the crime of murder in the  first  degree
as  defined in section 125.27 of this chapter and in accordance with the
procedures provided by law for imposing a sentence  for  such  crime.  A
defendant  must  be  sentenced  to life imprisonment without parole upon
conviction for the crime of terrorism as defined in  section  490.25  of
this  chapter,  where the specified offense the defendant committed is a
class A-I felony; the crime of criminal possession of a chemical  weapon
or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.45 of
this  chapter;  or  the  crime  of  criminal use of a chemical weapon or
biological weapon in the first degree as defined in  section  490.55  of
this  chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall
preclude or prevent a sentence of  death  when  the  defendant  is  also

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01961-01-1

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