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Senate Bill S6052

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in grand jury proceedings

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2011-S6052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1862
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง190.32, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6930
2013-2014: A356

2011-S6052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in grand jury proceedings where such witness possesses a restricted capacity to either ambulate or focus attention of specific events.

2011-S6052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6052

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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  permitting
  the  videotaped  examination  of  certain elderly special witnesses in
  grand jury proceedings

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of
section 190.32 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter  320
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (i)  Unable to attend and testify in person in the grand jury proceed-
ing because the person is [either] physically ill  [or],  incapacitated,
OR  ELDERLY  AND  POSSESSES  A RESTRICTED CAPACITY TO EITHER AMBULATE OR
ADEQUATELY FOCUS ATTENTION ON SPECIFIC EVENTS OR OCCURRENCES; or
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04499-01-1

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