Senate Bill S232

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing penalties for certain violent felony offenses against a police officer

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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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2017-S232 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6596
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70.08 & 70.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8417
2011-2012: S1986
2013-2014: S4445
2015-2016: S1457

2017-S232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing penalties for certain violent felony offenses committed upon a police officer.

2017-S232 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    232
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  AKSHAR,  YOUNG -- 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 increasing  penalties  for
   certain violent felonies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 70.08 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
   (A-2) WHERE THE PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONIES ARE AT  LEAST  CLASS  B  OR
 ABOVE, A DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A POLICE OFFICER
 OR  A  PEACE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.11 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE
 SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION
 70.00 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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