Senate Bill S3876

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to confidential informants

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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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2015-S3876 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1072
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §60.23, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5732, A1816
2017-2018: S5901, A257
2019-2020: S2182, A673
2021-2022: S3348, A347
2023-2024: S971

2015-S3876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to confidential informants; defines terms; requires the law enforcement agencies which use confidential informants to establish policies and procedures to assess the suitability of using a person as a confidential informant; makes related provisions.

2015-S3876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3876

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- 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  confidential
  informants

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

  Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 60.23 to read as follows:
S 60.23 RULES OF EVIDENCE; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS.
  1.    AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT" MEANS A PERSON WHO COOPERATES WITH A  LAW
ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY CONFIDENTIALLY IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PERSON OR THE
AGENCY'S INTELLIGENCE GATHERING OR INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS AND:
  (I) SEEKS TO AVOID ARREST OR PROSECUTION  FOR  A  CRIME,  OR  MITIGATE
PUNISHMENT  FOR A CRIME IN WHICH A SENTENCE WILL BE OR HAS BEEN IMPOSED;
AND
  (II) IS ABLE, BY REASON OF HIS OR HER FAMILIARITY OR CLOSE ASSOCIATION
WITH SUSPECTED CRIMINALS, TO:
  (A) MAKE A CONTROLLED BUY OR CONTROLLED SALE OF CONTRABAND, CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES, OR OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE  MATERIAL  TO  A  CRIMINAL  INVESTI-
GATION;
  (B)  SUPPLY  REGULAR OR CONSTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SUSPECTED OR ACTUAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; OR
  (C) OTHERWISE PROVIDE INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO ONGOING CRIMINAL INTEL-
LIGENCE GATHERING OR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS.
  (B) "CONTROLLED BUY" MEANS  THE  PURCHASE  OF  CONTRABAND,  CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES, OR OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
FROM  A TARGET OFFENDER WHICH IS INITIATED, MANAGED, OVERSEEN OR PARTIC-
IPATED IN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF A CONFIDEN-
TIAL INFORMANT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02321-01-5
              

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