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Assembly Bill A10436

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of peremptory challenges for certain cases

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2017-A10436 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §270.25, CP L

2017-A10436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of peremptory challenges for certain cases including those that involve certain class B or C felonies.

2017-A10436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10436
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL -- (at request of the Office of Court
   Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the number of
   peremptory challenges for certain cases
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 2 of section 270.25 of the
 criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Fifteen for the regular jurors if the highest crime charged is  a
 class  B  or class C felony, OTHER THAN A CLASS B OR C FELONY AS DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY, and two for each alternate  juror  to  be
 selected.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after is shall
 have become a law and shall be applicable only to jury trials commencing
 on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14518-01-8

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