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Assembly Bill A5444

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the sentencing of certain murder offenses

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2009-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4882
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง70.25, Pen L

2009-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sentencing of certain murder offenses.

2009-A5444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5444

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sentencing of  certain
  murder offenses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section  70.25  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  section  40 of chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
read as follows:
  2-a. When an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment  is
imposed  pursuant  to  section  70.04,  70.06, 70.08, 70.10, subdivision
three or four of section 70.70, subdivision three  or  four  of  section
70.71  [or],  subdivision  five  of  section  70.80  OR SECTIONS 125.25,
125.26, OR 125.27 AS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.00 of  this  arti-
cle,  and  such  person  is  subject to an undischarged indeterminate or
determinate sentence of imprisonment imposed prior to the date on  which
the present crime was committed, the court must impose a sentence to run
consecutively with respect to such undischarged sentence.
  S  2. Subdivision 2-a of section 70.25 of the penal law, as amended by
section 41 of chapter 7 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2-a.  When an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment is
imposed pursuant to section  70.04,  70.06,  70.08,  70.10,  subdivision
three  or  four  of  section 70.70, subdivision three or four of section
70.71 [or], subdivision  five  of  section  70.80  OR  SECTIONS  125.25,
125.26,  OR  125.27 AS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.00 of this arti-
cle, and  such  person  is  subject  to  an  undischarged  indeterminate
sentence  of imprisonment imposed prior to the date on which the present
crime was committed, the court must impose a  sentence  to  run  consec-
utively with respect to such undischarged sentence.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05557-01-9

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