Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.192 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 03, 2021 | referred to rules |
Jun 02, 2021 | delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 04, 2021 | advanced to third reading cal.153 |
Mar 01, 2021 | reported |
Feb 26, 2021 | referred to codes |
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Clyde Vanel
Charles Barron
Jo Anne Simon
Inez E. Dickens
A5845 (ACTIVE) - Details
A5845 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that in grand jury proceedings when following submission to a grand jury of a criminal charge or charges, the grand jury dismisses all charges presented or directs the district attorney to dismiss all charges or directs the DA to file in a local criminal court an application for disclosure of certain materials; authorizes the court to limit disclosure of certain items where there is a reasonable likelihood that such disclosure may lead to the identity of a witness who is not a public servant or expert witness; makes related provisions.
A5845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5845 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to grand jury proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 190.25 of the criminal procedure law is amended and a new paragraph (a-1) is added to read as follows: (A-1) A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT; (d) An interpreter. Upon request of the grand jury OR THE COURT, the prosecutor must provide an interpreter to interpret the testimony of any witness who does not speak the English language well enough to be readi- ly understood. Such interpreter must, if he OR SHE has not previously taken the constitutional oath of office, first take an oath before the grand jury that he OR SHE will faithfully interpret the testimony of the witness and that he OR SHE will keep secret all matters before such grand jury within his OR HER knowledge; § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 190.25 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding seven new paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) to read as follows: (C) IN ADDITION TO PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHEN, FOLLOWING SUBMISSION TO A GRAND JURY OF A CRIMINAL CHARGE OR CHARGES, THE GRAND JURY DISMISSES ALL CHARGES PRESENTED OR DIRECTS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO FILE IN A LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT A PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION CHARGING AN OFFENSE OTHER THAN A FELONY, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 190.70 OF THIS ARTICLE, AN APPLICATION MAY BE MADE TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR DISCLOSURE OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL RELATING TO THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE SUCH GRAND JURY: (I) THE CRIMINAL CHARGE OR CHARGES SUBMITTED; (II) THE LEGAL INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO THE GRAND JURY; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.