Senate Bill S5885

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the discovery of material, non-material and impeachment information and the required time frame for such discovery

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S5885 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7033
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§30.30, 245.10, 245.20 & 255.20, CP L

2023-S5885 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the discovery of material, non-material and impeachment information and the required time frame for such discovery; requires the submission of a certificate of compliance upon completion of certain discovery requirements.

2023-S5885 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5885
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the discovery
   of material, non-material and impeachment information and the required
   time frame for such discovery

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision 4 of section 30.30 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 1 of part KKK  of  chapter
 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (j)  the period during which a family offense is before a family court
 until such time as an  accusatory  instrument  or  indictment  is  filed
 against the defendant alleging a crime constituting a family offense, as
 such term is defined in section 530.11 of this chapter;
   (K)  THE  PERIOD  DURING  WHICH THE PROSECUTION PERFORMS ITS DISCOVERY
 OBLIGATIONS UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION 245.10 OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED THAT THE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLI-
 ANCE  FOR  EACH  DISCLOSURE  ARE FILED WITHIN THE PERIOD OUTLINED IN THE
 RESPECTIVE SUBDIVISIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  DELAY  IN  COMPLIANCE
 BEYOND  THE MANDATED PERIODS MAY BE EXCLUDABLE AS AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUM-
 STANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section  245.10  of  the
 criminal  procedure law, as added by section 2 of part LLL of chapter 59
 of the laws of 2019, paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by
 section 1 of part HHH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020 and subparagraph
 (iii)  of  paragraph (a) as amended by section 5 of subpart D of part UU
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   Timing of discovery AND CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL MOTION PROCEDURE.
   1. (a) [Subject to subparagraph (iv) of  this  paragraph,  the  prose-
 cution shall perform its initial discovery obligations under subdivision
 one  of  section  245.20  of this article as soon as practicable but not

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08106-01-3
              

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