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Jan 28, 2021 | referred to codes |
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A3687 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3687 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the admission of a defendant's previous declarations or statements when the crime committed is a hate crime 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; PREVIOUS DECLARATIONS AND STATEMENTS; HATE CRIMES. EVIDENCE OF A DEFENDANT'S PREVIOUS DECLARATIONS OR STATEMENTS MAY BE ADMITTED TO SHOW THE DEFENDANT INTENTIONALLY COMMITTED THE ACT OR ACTS CONSTITUTING A HATE CRIME AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY- FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART BECAUSE OF A BELIEF OR PERCEPTION REGARDING THE RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCES- TRY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRAC- TICE, AGE, DISABILITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF A PERSON, SUBJECT TO THE EVIDENTIARY RULES GOVERNING CRIMINAL TRIALS SET FORTH IN THIS TITLE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first on November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01916-01-1