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Assembly Bill A3323

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires that persons convicted of rape in the first degree against different victims or the same victim serve sentence consecutively

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2013-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1459
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง70.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A449, S1487
2011-2012: A2649, S1826

2013-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that persons convicted of multiple counts of rape in the first degree against different victims or the same victim, must serve the sentence for such convictions consecutively as well as consecutive to any other undischarged term of imprisonment to which the defendant was subject and for which he may be confined at the time of sentencing.

2013-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3323

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to concurrent and consecutive
  terms of imprisonment

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

  Section 1. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding  a  new
subdivision 2-h to read as follows:
  2-H.  WHENEVER  A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE COUNTS OF RAPE IN
THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.35 OF THIS CHAPTER, COMMITTED
AGAINST DIFFERENT VICTIMS OR THE SAME VICTIM, IN SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT
SEXUAL  ACTS,  THEN  ANY TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED AS A
SENTENCE UPON SUCH CONVICTIONS SHALL RUN CONSECUTIVELY TO EACH OTHER AND
TO ANY OTHER UNDISCHARGED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT TO  WHICH  THE  DEFENDANT
WAS  SUBJECT  AND  FOR  WHICH  HE  OR SHE MAY BE CONFINED AT THE TIME OF
SENTENCING.
  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.
                                                           LBD03144-01-3

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