Senate Bill S3804

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Changes the age of the victim of aggravated assault, penal law 120.12, from less than eleven to less than fourteen

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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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2009-S3804 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4391
2013-2014: S1456
2015-2016: S2082

2009-S3804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the age of the intended victim of aggravated assault, penal law 120.12, from less than eleven to less than fourteen years.

2009-S3804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3804

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 1, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  FLANAGAN,  O. JOHNSON, LAVALLE, MORAHAN, PADAVAN,
  SALAND, SEWARD, WINNER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to changing the age of the
  victim intended for a specific crime of assault

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

  Section 1. Section 120.12 of the penal law, as added by chapter 477 of
the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
S 120.12 Aggravated  assault  upon  a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN
           years old.
  A person is guilty of aggravated  assault  upon  a  person  less  than
[eleven]  FOURTEEN  years  old when being eighteen years old or more the
defendant commits the crime of assault in the third degree as defined in
section 120.00 of this article upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN
years old and has been previously convicted of such  crime,  ASSAULT  IN
THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 120.05 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR
ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.10 OF THIS ARTICLE
upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old within the preceding
[three] TEN years.
  Aggravated assault upon a person less than [eleven] FOURTEEN years old
is a class E 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.
                                                           LBD06494-01-9


              

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