Assembly Bill A7353

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole

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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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2011-A7353 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3543
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง130.35 & 70.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7402, S479
2013-2014: A7422, S2144
2015-2016: S4504
2017-2018: S6151
2019-2020: S1784
2021-2022: S4635
2023-2024: S4110

2011-A7353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-1 felony and shall be punishable by life in prison without parole.

2011-A7353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7353

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to making rape in the first
  degree a class A-I felony with a penalty of life imprisonment  without
  parole

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

  Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.35 of the  penal  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
  Rape in the first degree is a class [B] A-I felony.
  S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 70.00 of the penal law,  as  amended  by
chapter 482 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  5.   Life  imprisonment  without  parole.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision of law, a defendant sentenced  to  life  imprisonment  without
parole  shall  not  be  or  become  eligible  for  parole or conditional
release. For purposes of commitment and custody, other than  parole  and
conditional  release,  such sentence shall be deemed to be an indetermi-
nate sentence.  A defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment  with-
out  parole  upon conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree
as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter and in accordance with  the
procedures  provided  by  law  for imposing a sentence for such crime. A
defendant must be sentenced to life  imprisonment  without  parole  upon
conviction  for  the  crime of terrorism as defined in section 490.25 of
this chapter, where the specified offense the defendant committed  is  a
class  A-I felony; the crime of criminal possession of a chemical weapon
or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.45 of
this chapter; or the crime of criminal  use  of  a  chemical  weapon  or
biological  weapon  in  the first degree as defined in section 490.55 of
this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision  shall
preclude  or  prevent  a  sentence  of  death when the defendant is also

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01961-01-1
              

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