Senate Bill S3984

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device

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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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2019-S3984 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2645
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §265.07, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6495
2011-2012: S2694, A2907
2013-2014: S3268, A2190
2015-2016: S3054, A1514
2017-2018: S3358, A2724
2021-2022: S2723, A4152
2023-2024: A1762

2019-S3984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device; provides for additional 10 years imprisonment for certain crimes where a lethal or explosive device is used and; permits exemption from such additional sentence when the defendant provides court with the source of such lethal or explosive device.

2019-S3984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3984
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, LIU -- 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  the  related  use  of  a
   lethal or explosive device
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.07  to
 read as follows:
 § 265.07 RELATED USE OF LETHAL OR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
   1.  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF RELATED USE OF A LETHAL OR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
 WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS ANY OFFENSE WHILE IN POSSESSION OF  A  LETHAL  OR
 EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 PERSON CONVICTED OF RELATED USE OF A LETHAL OR EXPLOSIVE  DEVICE  SHALL,
 IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  PUNISHMENT PROVIDED FOR THE RELATED OR UNDERLYING
 OFFENSE, BE SENTENCED TO A DETERMINATE  TERM  OF  IMPRISONMENT  FOR  TEN
 YEARS,  AND  THE  TERM  OF IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL NOT RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH ANY OTHER TERM OF IMPRISONMENT INCLUDING
 THAT IMPOSED FOR THE RELATED OR UNDERLYING CRIME.
   3. ANY SUCH NON-CONCURRENT TERM REQUIRED TO  BE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL, HOWEVER, NOT BE IMPOSED IF:
   (A) THE DEFENDANT, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF ARRAIGNMENT ON THE
 INDICTMENT  OR SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, WHICH SIXTY DAY PERIOD MAY BE
 EXTENDED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SHALL TRUTHFULLY TO
 THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT PROVIDE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH ALL THE
 INFORMATION THE DEFENDANT HAS CONCERNING THE SOURCE OR  SOURCES  OF  THE
 LETHAL OR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE; AND
   (B)  THE  USE  OF  SUCH LETHAL OR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAS NOT RESULTED IN
 DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS NOT  A  PARTIC-
 IPANT IN THE OFFENSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04459-01-9
              

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