Assembly Bill A3128

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is 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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2023-A3128 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2020
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§60.06 & 70.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4409
2015-2016: S3208
2017-2018: S3681
2019-2020: S3077
2021-2022: A9502, S3459

2023-A3128 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer.

2023-A3128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3128
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making  life  imprisonment
   without  parole  mandatory  for  defendants convicted of murder in the
   first degree and the victim is a police officer

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482
 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 § 60.06 Authorized disposition; murder in the  first  degree  offenders;
           aggravated  murder  offenders;  certain  murder  in the second
           degree  offenders;  certain  terrorism   offenders;   criminal
           possession  of  a  chemical weapon or biological weapon offen-
           ders; criminal use of a chemical weapon or  biological  weapon
           offenders.
   When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 in  section  125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in accordance with
 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 the defendant to death, to life imprisonment without parole  in  accord-
 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, or, EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 70.00 OF THIS TITLE, to a term
 of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than  a  sentence  of  life
 imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one through
 three  of  section  70.00  of  this title. When a person is convicted of
 murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision  five  of  section
 125.25  of  this chapter or of the crime of aggravated murder as defined
 in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter,  the  court  shall
 sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole in accordance
 with  subdivision  five of section 70.00 of this title. When a defendant
 is convicted of the crime of terrorism as defined in section  490.25  of
 this  chapter,  and  the  specified offense the defendant committed is a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04252-01-3
              

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