Assembly Bill A5687

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enables appellate review of the fairness and appropriateness of an imposed criminal sentence

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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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2021-A5687 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1280
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §470.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A153, S938

2021-A5687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables appellate review of the fairness and appropriateness of an imposed criminal sentence.

2021-A5687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5687
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  enabling
   appellate  review  of  the  fairness and appropriateness of an imposed
   sentence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 2 of section 470.15 of the
 criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows:
   (c) Upon  a  determination  that  a  sentence  imposed  upon  a  valid
 conviction  is illegal or unduly harsh or severe, the court [may] SHALL,
 NOTWITHSTANDING AN OTHERWISE ENFORCEABLE WAIVER OF  APPEAL,  modify  the
 judgment  by  reversing it with respect to the sentence and by otherwise
 affirming it.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02761-01-1

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