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                                   1471
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, ZINERMAN, STECK, CRUZ, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO,
   RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to jury deliber-
   ations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "Tiarah
 Poyau Act".
   § 2. Section 310.30 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
 ter 208 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
 § 310.30  Jury deliberation; request for information.
   At any time during its deliberation, the jury may  request  the  court
 for  further  instruction  or  information with respect to the law, with
 respect to the content or substance  of  any  trial  evidence,  or  with
 respect to any other matter pertinent to the jury's consideration of the
 case.    Upon  such  a  request,  the court must direct that the jury be
 returned to the courtroom and, after notice to both the people and coun-
 sel for the defendant, and in the presence of the defendant,  must  give
 such  requested  information  or  instruction as the court deems proper.
 With the consent of the parties and upon the request  of  the  jury  for
 further  instruction  with respect to a statute, the court may also give
 to the jury copies of the text of any statute which, in its  discretion,
 the  court  deems  proper.  IN ADDITION, WHERE THE JURY REQUESTS WRITTEN
 INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE ELEMENTS OF ANY OFFENSE SUBMITTED, OR OF  ANY
 DEFENSE  OR AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE SUBMITTED IN RELATION THERETO, THE COURT
 MAY PROVIDE THE JURY WITH SUCH WRITTEN  INSTRUCTIONS  AS  THE  JURY  HAS
 REQUESTED AND ANY OTHER WRITTEN INSTRUCTION RELEVANT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS
 REQUESTED BY THE JURY THAT THE COURT DEEMS PROPER.  BEFORE GIVING TO THE
 JURY  SUCH WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE ELEMENTS OF ANY OFFENSE OR
 OF ANY DEFENSE OR AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COURT  SHALL  PERMIT COUNSEL TO EXAMINE SUCH WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS, SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 AFFORD COUNSEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO  BE  HEARD,  SHALL  MARK  SUCH  WRITTEN
 INSTRUCTIONS  AS  A COURT EXHIBIT AND SHALL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
 JURY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.