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Senate Bill S3212
2011-2012 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, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S3212 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3212 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to evidence containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) PURPOSE: This bill provides that where the court determines that there is relevant admissible evidence containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), such evidence shall be admitted. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new section 60.77 to the criminal procedure law to provide that where the court determines that there is relevant admissible evidence containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), such evidence shall be admitted. JUSTIFICATION: Perhaps the most significant advance in criminal investigation since fingerprint identification is the use of DNA technology to help convict criminals or eliminate persons as potential suspects. DNA analyses can be reliably used to link criminals to crimes. Increasingly accepted during the past 10 years, DNA technology is now widely used by police, prosecutors, defense counsel, and courts in the United States.
2011-S3212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3212 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, JOHNSON, RANZENHOFER -- 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 evidence containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new section 60.77 to read as follows: S 60.77 RULES OF EVIDENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA). IN ANY PROSECUTION WHERE THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS RELEVANT ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE CONTAINING DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA), SUCH EVIDENCE SHALL BE ADMITTED. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04397-01-1
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