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Jan 04, 2023 | referred to codes |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Chantel Jackson
Erik Dilan
Kenny Burgos
A127 (ACTIVE) - Details
A127 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes an assumption of the inadmissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding; requires the proffering party to affirmatively prove that the evidence is admissible by clear and convincing evidence.
A127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 127 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, JACKSON, DILAN, BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to rules of evidence concerning the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative expression 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 EVIDENCE OF DEFENDANT'S CREATIVE EXPRESSION. 1. EVIDENCE OF A DEFENDANT'S CREATIVE OR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, WHETHER ORIGINAL OR DERIVATIVE, MAY NOT BE RECEIVED INTO EVIDENCE AGAINST SUCH DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING UNLESS SUCH EVIDENCE IS DETERMINED BY THE COURT TO BE RELEVANT AND ADMISSIBLE, AFTER AN OFFER OF PROOF BY THE PROPONENT OF SUCH EVIDENCE OUTSIDE THE HEARING OF THE JURY, OR SUCH HEARING AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, AND AN ON-THE-RECORD STATEMENT BY THE COURT OF THE FINDINGS OF FACT ESSENTIAL TO ITS DETERMINATION. 2. IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE PRESUMPTION OF INADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OF DEFENDANT'S CREATIVE EXPRESSION, THE PROFFERING PARTY MUST AFFIRMA- TIVELY PROVE BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE: (A) LITERAL, RATHER THAN FIGURATIVE OR FICTIONAL, MEANING AND, WHERE THE WORK IS DERIVATIVE, THAT THE DEFENDANT INTENDED TO ADOPT THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE WORK AS THE DEFENDANT'S OWN THOUGHT OR STATEMENT; (B) A STRONG FACTUAL NEXUS INDICATING THAT THE CREATIVE EXPRESSION REFERS TO THE SPECIFIC FACTS OF THE CRIME ALLEGED; (C) RELEVANCE TO AN ISSUE OF FACT THAT IS DISPUTED; AND (D) DISTINCT PROBATIVE VALUE NOT PROVIDED BY OTHER ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01703-01-3