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Assembly Bill A6982

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that credit for time served shall not be granted to a defendant who has failed to appear at any time at the direction of the court

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2009-A6982 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง600-a, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7962
2013-2014: A7076

2009-A6982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that credit for time served shall not be granted to a defendant who has failed to appear at any time at the direction of the court; defendant shall have an opportunity to explain the absence; applies to sentences pronounced on and after such effective date.

2009-A6982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6982

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to credit for jail time

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 600-a  of  the  correction
law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read
as follows:
  2.  CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED SHALL NOT BE GRANTED TO A DEFENDANT WHO HAS
FAILED TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF  THE  COURT  IN  THE
PROCEEDING.    THE DEFENDANT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE
REASON FOR SUCH FAILURE TO APPEAR AND MAY,  AT  THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE
COURT,  BE  GRANTED  A PART OR ALL OF SUCH TIME SERVED IF THE FAILURE TO
APPEAR WAS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE DEFENDANT.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
sentences pronounced on and after such effective date.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07869-01-9

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