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Assembly Bill A6739

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Limits plea bargains for individuals charged with sex offenses committed against children

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2011-A6739 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง220.10, CP L

2011-A6739 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits plea bargains for individuals charged with sex offenses committed against children; cannot plea to a lesser included offense where such offense is not a sex offense.

2011-A6739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6739

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to limiting plea
  bargains  for  individuals charged with sex offenses committed against
  children

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 220.10 of the criminal procedure
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
  (I) WHERE THE INDICTMENT CHARGES A FELONY  CONTAINED  IN  ARTICLE  ONE
HUNDRED  THIRTY  OR ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE PENAL LAW AND
SUCH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD,  OR  ANY  OTHER  FELONY
DEFINED  AS  A "SEX OFFENSE" IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE
CORRECTION LAW WHERE SUCH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED  AGAINST  A  CHILD,
THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  SHALL  NOT  BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT ANY PLEA OF
GUILTY TO A LESSER INCLUDED CHARGE  WHERE  SUCH  CHARGE  IS  NOT  A  SEX
OFFENSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10360-01-1

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