Assembly Bill A10588

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior sex offenses to be admissible in a sex offense proceeding

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2021-A10588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §60.77, CP L

2021-A10588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows in a criminal proceeding in which a defendant is accused of a sexual offense admitting of evidence that the defendant committed other sexual offenses.

2021-A10588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10588
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  allowing
   evidence of a defendant's prior sex offenses to be admissible in a sex
   offense proceeding
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 60.77 to read as follows:
 § 60.77 RULES OF EVIDENCE; ADMISSIBILITY OF DEFENDANT COMMITTING A PRIOR
           SEX OFFENSE IN A SEX OFFENSE CASE.
   1.  IN  A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A DEFENDANT IS ACCUSED OF A SEX
 OFFENSE, THE COURT MAY ADMIT EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENDANT  COMMITTED  ANY
 OTHER  SEX  OFFENSE.  SUCH  EVIDENCE  MAY BE CONSIDERED ON ANY MATTER TO
 WHICH IT IS RELEVANT.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "SEX  OFFENSE"  SHALL  INCLUDE  ANY
 OFFENSE  DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY OR SECTION 230.34 OR
 230.34-A OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD15041-03-2

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