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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S4822
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4822 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3675
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §160.10, Pen L
2009-S4822 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4822 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for robbery using a device that appears to be a bomb PURPOSE OF BILL : Provides for increase in penalty for threat with what appears to be a bomb. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends Section 160.10, subdivision 2 paragraph (b) of the penal law by adding "a bomb" to the list of apparent weapons that, when displayed in the commission of a crime, constitutes a robbery in the second degree. Section 2 sets the effective date as the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law. JUSTIFICATION : Under existing law, if a person commits the crime of robbery while displaying a fake, replica or toy gun, or by feigning possession of a gun, that person would be guilty of either first or second degree robbery. Also under existing law, however, if the same person commits the crime of robbery while displaying a device that appears to be a
2009-S4822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4822 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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 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. LBD02460-01-9
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