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Assembly Bill A6945

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies

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2015-A6945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง440.50, CP L

2015-A6945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies.

2015-A6945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6945

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WALKER -- (at request of the Board of Parole) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the duties of
  the district attorney

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 440.50 of the criminal procedure
law, as amended by section 80 of subpart B of part C of  chapter  62  of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Upon  the  request  of a victim of a crime, or in any event in all
cases in which the final disposition includes a conviction of a  violent
felony  offense  as  defined  in  section 70.02 of the penal law [or], a
felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five  of  such  law,  OR  A
FELONY  DEFINED  IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF SUCH LAW, the district
attorney shall, within sixty days of the final disposition of the  case,
inform  the  victim  by  letter of such final disposition. If such final
disposition results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of
the department of corrections and community supervision for an  indeter-
minate  sentence,  the  notice  provided  to the crime victim shall also
inform the victim of his or her right to submit a  written,  audiotaped,
or  videotaped  victim impact statement to the department of corrections
and community supervision or to meet personally with  a  member  of  the
state  board  of  parole  at a time and place separate from the personal
interview between a member or members of the board and  the  inmate  and
make  such  a statement, subject to procedures and limitations contained
in rules of the board, both pursuant to subdivision two of  section  two
hundred  fifty-nine-i of the executive law.  A COPY OF SUCH LETTER SHALL
BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF PAROLE. The right of the victim  under  this
subdivision  to  submit  a  written  victim  impact statement or to meet
personally with a member of the state board of parole  applies  to  each

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09495-01-5

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