Assembly Bill A1701

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to murder in the first degree

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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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2017-A1701 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9212
2019-2020: A1919
2021-2022: A2029
2023-2024: A2103

2017-A1701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to murder in the first degree.

2017-A1701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1701
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RAIA
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to murder in the first degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The opening paragraph and subdivision 1 of section 125.27
 of the penal law, the opening paragraph as added by chapter 367  of  the
 laws of 1974, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 1995,
 subparagraph  (ii-a) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as added by chap-
 ter 1 of the laws of 2013, subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdi-
 vision 1 as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003 and  subparagraph
 (xii)  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 as amended and subparagraph
 (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as added by chapter 300 of  the
 laws  of  2001, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as
 follows:
   1. A person is guilty of murder in the first degree when[:
   1. With], WITH intent to cause the death of another person, he  causes
 the death of such person or of a third person; and
   (a) Either:
   (i) the intended victim was a police officer as defined in subdivision
 34  of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law who was at the time of
 the killing engaged in the course of performing his official duties, and
 the defendant knew or reasonably should have  known  that  the  intended
 victim was a police officer; or
   (ii) the intended victim was a peace officer as defined in paragraph a
 of  subdivision  twenty-one,  subdivision  twenty-three,  twenty-four or
 sixty-two (employees of the division for youth) of section 2.10  of  the
 criminal procedure law who was at the time of the killing engaged in the
 course  of  performing  his  official  duties, and the defendant knew or
 reasonably should have  known  that  the  intended  victim  was  such  a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02276-01-7
              

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