Senate Bill S5391A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to conviction sealing for eligible youth

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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-S5391 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §720.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S256
2023-2024: S3045

2019-S5391 - Summary

Provides that eligible youth who were not given youthful offender status by the court be eligible for conviction sealing.

2019-S5391 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5391 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5391
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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  eligibility
   for conviction sealing for eligible youth
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 160.59 of the criminal procedure law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, WHERE AN ELIGIBLE YOUTH WAS NOT
 DETERMINED  TO  BE A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER BY THE COURT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION 720.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, BUT WAS  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE
 TO  BE  DETERMINED  TO  BE A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO
 APPLY  FOR CONVICTION SEALING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AN  "ELIGIBLE
 OFFENSE" FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL INCLUDE ANY CRIME DEFINED IN THE LAWS
 OF  THIS  STATE OTHER THAN (I) A CLASS A-I OR CLASS A-II FELONY, OR (II)
 AN ARMED FELONY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  FORTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  1.20,
 EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR (III) AN
 OFFENSE FOR WHICH REGISTRATION AS A SEX OFFENDER IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  AN  ELIGIBLE  YOUTH  WHO  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED OF AN ARMED FELONY
 OFFENSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONVICTION SEALING PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  IF
 THE  SENTENCING JUDGE, OR COUNTY OR SUPREME COURT DETERMINES THAT ONE OR
 MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS EXIST: (I) MITIGATING  CIRCUMSTANCES  THAT
 BEAR  DIRECTLY UPON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED; OR (II)
 WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT THE  SOLE  PARTICIPANT  IN  THE  CRIME,  THE
 DEFENDANT'S  PARTICIPATION WAS RELATIVELY MINOR ALTHOUGH NOT SO MINOR AS
 TO CONSTITUTE A DEFENSE TO THE PROSECUTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04909-03-9
              

2019-S5391A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §720.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S256
2023-2024: S3045

2019-S5391A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that eligible youth who were not given youthful offender status by the court be eligible for conviction sealing.

2019-S5391A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5391A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5391--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to eligibility
   for conviction sealing for eligible youth

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 720.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, WHERE AN ELIGIBLE YOUTH WAS  NOT
 DETERMINED  TO  BE A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER BY THE COURT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, BUT WAS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO BE DETERMINED TO
 BE A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL
 BE  ELIGIBLE  TO APPLY FOR CONVICTION SEALING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 160.59 OF THIS CHAPTER. AN "ELIGIBLE OFFENSE" FOR SUCH INDIVIDUAL  SHALL
 INCLUDE  ANY  CRIME  DEFINED  IN THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OTHER THAN (I) A
 CLASS A-I OR CLASS A-II FELONY, OR (II) AN ARMED FELONY  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  FORTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  1.20  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR (III) AN  OFFENSE  FOR
 WHICH  REGISTRATION  AS  A  SEX OFFENDER IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  AN  ELIGIBLE  YOUTH  WHO  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED OF AN ARMED FELONY
 OFFENSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONVICTION SEALING PURSUANT TO SECTION 160.59 OF
 THIS CHAPTER IF THE SENTENCING JUDGE, OR COUNTY OR SUPREME COURT  DETER-
 MINES  THAT  ONE  OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS EXIST: (I) MITIGATING
 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BEAR DIRECTLY UPON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CRIME  WAS
 COMMITTED;  OR  (II) WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT THE SOLE PARTICIPANT IN
 THE CRIME, THE DEFENDANT'S PARTICIPATION WAS RELATIVELY  MINOR  ALTHOUGH
 NOT SO MINOR AS TO CONSTITUTE A DEFENSE TO THE PROSECUTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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