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Senate Bill S7608

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to speedy trials in certain jurisdictions

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2019-S7608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9828
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.30, CP L

2019-S7608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in jurisdictions having a population of 60,000 or less, the time frame for a speedy trial shall be ninety days of the commencement of a criminal action wherein the defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a violation and none of which is a crime, instead of thirty days.

2019-S7608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7608
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to speedy trials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 30.30 of
 the  criminal  procedure law, paragraph (d) as amended and paragraph (e)
 as added by section 1 of part KKK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) thirty days of the commencement of a criminal action  wherein  the
 defendant is accused of one or more offenses, at least one of which is a
 violation  and  none of which is a crime.  HOWEVER, IN THOSE SUCH JURIS-
 DICTIONS HAVING A POPULATION OF SIXTY THOUSAND OR LESS, SUCH TIME  FRAME
 SHALL  BE  NINETY  DAYS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF A CRIMINAL ACTION WHEREIN
 THE DEFENDANT IS ACCUSED OF ONE OR MORE OFFENSES, AT LEAST ONE OF  WHICH
 IS A VIOLATION AND NONE OF WHICH IS A CRIME.
   [(e)  for  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term offense shall
 include vehicle and traffic law infractions.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14739-01-0

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