S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3675
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for
robbery using a device that appears to be a bomb
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 160.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 374
of the laws of 1973, paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended and
subdivision 3 as added by chapter 308 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
read as follows:
S 160.10 Robbery in the second degree.
A person is guilty of robbery in the second degree when he forcibly
steals property and when:
1. He is aided by another person actually present; or
2. In the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight
therefrom, he or another participant in the crime:
(a) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in
the crime; or
(b) Displays what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun,
machine gun, A BOMB or other firearm; or
3. The property consists of a motor vehicle, as defined in section one
hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.
Robbery in the second degree is a class C felony.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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