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Assembly Bill A3056

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to discovery

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2017-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6847
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8080
2013-2014: A3801
2015-2016: A2878
2019-2020: S43

2017-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to discovery.

2017-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3056
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to discovery
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of  section  240.40  of  the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of 2012, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) may order discovery with respect to any other property[, which the
 people  intend to introduce at the trial,] upon a showing by the defend-
 ant that discovery with respect to such  property  is  material  to  the
 preparation  of  his or her defense, and that the request is reasonable;
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03718-01-7

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