Assembly Bill A7669

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to public access to certain accusatory instruments and preliminary proceedings involving adolescent offenders

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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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2019-A7669 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §720.15, CP L

2019-A7669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to public access to certain accusatory instruments and preliminary proceedings involving adolescent offenders.

2019-A7669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7669
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COOK, 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 preliminary
   proceedings involving adolescent offenders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 720.15 of the criminal procedure
 law, as amended by chapter 774 of the laws of 1985, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   3.  The provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section requir-
 ing or authorizing the accusatory instrument filed against a youth to be
 sealed, and the arraignment and all proceedings  in  the  action  to  be
 conducted in private shall not apply in connection with a pending charge
 of  committing  any  felony  offense as defined in the penal law, EXCEPT
 WHERE SUCH FELONY OFFENSE CHARGES THE YOUTH AS  AN  ADOLESCENT  OFFENDER
 SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS TO THE FAMILY COURT UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF  SECTION 722.23 OF THIS TITLE AND THE COURT HAS MADE NO DETERMINATION
 DENYING REMOVAL. The provisions of subdivision one requiring the accusa-
 tory instrument filed against a youth to be sealed shall not apply where
 such youth has  previously  been  adjudicated  a  youthful  offender  or
 convicted of a crime.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09358-01-9

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