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Assembly Bill A10552

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting conditional release on parole for persons convicted of manslaughter

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2017-A10552 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8228
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5911

2017-A10552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits conditional release on parole for persons convicted of manslaughter.

2017-A10552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10552
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  the  sentence  for  first
   degree manslaughter
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 70.40 of the penal law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO
 THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS SERVING ONE OR MORE THAN ONE INDETERMINATE
 OR DETERMINATE SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT  FOR  ONE  OR  MORE  THAN  ONE
 CONVICTION  OF  THE  OFFENSE  OF  MANSLAUGHTER  IN  THE FIRST DEGREE, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 125.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL  NOT  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 CONDITIONAL  RELEASE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY SENTENCE OF IMPRI-
 SONMENT IMPOSED UPON CONVICTION FOR SUCH OFFENSE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15506-01-8

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