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Assembly Bill A6128

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sentencing

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2019-A6128 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.02, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7747
2015-2016: A2197
2017-2018: A1689

2019-A6128 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sentencing for a violent felony offense.

2019-A6128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6128
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sentencing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3  of  section  70.02  of  the
 penal  law,  as  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) For a class D felony, the term must be  at  least  [two]  ONE  AND
 ONE-HALF  years and must not exceed seven years, provided, however, that
 the term must be: (i) at least two years and must not exceed eight years
 where the sentence is for the crime of  menacing  a  police  officer  or
 peace  officer as defined in section 120.18 of this chapter; and (ii) at
 least three and one-half years and must not exceed seven years where the
 sentence is imposed for the crime of criminal possession of a weapon  in
 the third degree as defined in subdivision ten of section 265.02 of this
 chapter;
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 this act shall apply to offenses committed on or  after  such  effective
 date.
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10131-01-9

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