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Senate Bill S3977

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases age of "child witness" to 16

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2009-S3977 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง65.00, CP L

2009-S3977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Raises the permissible age of a "child witness" to 16 for purposes of allowing greater protection from in-court testimony by "child witnesses" in the prosecution of certain sex offenders.

2009-S3977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3977

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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  child
  witnesses

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 65.00 of  the  criminal  procedure
law,  as  amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. "Child witness" means a person [fourteen] SIXTEEN years old or less
who is or will be called to testify in a criminal proceeding, other than
a grand jury proceeding, concerning an offense defined  in  article  one
hundred  thirty  of the penal law or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of
such law which is the subject of such criminal proceeding.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendment  to subdivision 1 of section 65.00 of the criminal proce-
dure law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal  of
such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09133-01-9

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