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Assembly Bill A6466

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the crimes under which fourteen and fifteen year olds may be treated as adults

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2011-A6466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.20, CP L; amd §301.2, Fam Ct Act; amd §§10.00 & 30.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2879

2011-A6466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the crimes under which fourteen and fifteen year olds may be treated as adults to include gang assault in the first degree, aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer and course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree.

2011-A6466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6466

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. JOHNS, D. MILLER, N. RIVERA, CALHOUN -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BURLING, CERETTO, CROUCH, KATZ,  REILICH  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the family court act and the
  penal law, in relation to expanding the crimes for which certain juve-
  niles may be treated as adults

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 42 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal  procedure
law,  as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
  42. "Juvenile offender" means (1) a person, thirteen years old who  is
criminally responsible for acts constituting murder in the second degree
as  defined  in  subdivisions one and two of section 125.25 of the penal
law, or such conduct as a sexually motivated  felony,  where  authorized
pursuant  to  section 130.91 of the penal law; and (2) a person fourteen
or fifteen years old who is criminally responsible for acts constituting
the crimes defined in subdivisions one and two of section 125.25 (murder
in the second degree) and in subdivision three of such section  provided
that  the  underlying  crime for the murder charge is one for which such
person is criminally responsible;  section  135.25  (kidnapping  in  the
first  degree); 150.20 (arson in the first degree); 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT
IN THE FIRST  DEGREE);  subdivisions  one  and  two  of  section  120.10
(assault  in the first degree); 120.11 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A POLICE
OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER); 125.20 (manslaughter in the first  degree);
subdivisions  one  and two of section 130.35 (rape in the first degree);
subdivisions one and two of section 130.50 (criminal sexual act  in  the
first  degree);  130.70  (aggravated  sexual abuse in the first degree);
130.75 (COURSE OF SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST A CHILD IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE);
140.30 (burglary in the first degree); subdivision one of section 140.25
(burglary  in  the  second degree); 150.15 (arson in the second degree);

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09262-01-1

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