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S04324 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4324
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the  penal  law  and  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
          relation  to revocation of probation and re-sentencing upon conviction
          of a felony while under probation supervision for a felony conviction

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 60.01 of the penal law, as amended
     2  by chapter 548 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4.  In  any  case  where  a  person  has been sentenced to a period of
     4  probation imposed pursuant to section 65.00 of this chapter, if the part
     5  of the sentence that provides for probation is revoked, the  court  must
     6  sentence  such person to imprisonment or to the sentence of imprisonment
     7  and probation as provided for in paragraph (d)  of  subdivision  two  of
     8  this  section.    Provided,  however,  that  where a person who has been
     9  sentenced to a period of probation upon conviction of a felony is subse-
    10  quently convicted of a felony or is convicted of an offense  in  another
    11  jurisdiction which if committed in this state would constitute a felony,
    12  which  subsequent  felony  is  committed  while under his or her present
    13  probation supervision, and a new indeterminate or  determinate  sentence
    14  is  imposed  for  such  subsequent felony, the part of the sentence that
    15  provided for probation  shall  be  revoked  and  such  person  shall  be
    16  sentenced  to  a  term of imprisonment of over one year. Such term shall
    17  run consecutively to the term of imprisonment imposed for the subsequent
    18  felony, unless the court determines that mitigating circumstances exist,
    19  in which case the court must place such circumstances on the record  and
    20  a concurrent sentence may be imposed.
    21    § 2.  Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    22  vision 6 to read as follows:
    23    6.  Where  a  person  who  has been sentenced to a period of probation
    24  imposed pursuant to section 65.00 of this title  upon  conviction  of  a
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08567-01-3

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     1  felony  is  subsequently  convicted  of  a  felony or is convicted of an
     2  offense in another jurisdiction which if committed in this  state  would
     3  constitute  a  felony,  which subsequent felony is committed while under
     4  his  or  her  present  probation supervision, and a new indeterminate or
     5  determinate sentence is imposed for such subsequent felony, the part  of
     6  the  sentence  that  provided  for  probation shall be revoked, and such
     7  person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of  over  one  year.
     8  Such  term  shall  run consecutively to the term of imprisonment imposed
     9  for the subsequent felony, unless the court determines  that  mitigating
    10  circumstances  exist,  in  which  case the court must place such circum-
    11  stances on the record and a concurrent sentence may be imposed.
    12    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 410.10 of the criminal procedure law  is
    13  amended to read as follows:
    14    2.   Commission of an additional offense, other than a traffic infrac-
    15  tion, after imposition of a sentence  of  probation  or  of  conditional
    16  discharge,  and  prior to expiration or termination of the period of the
    17  sentence, constitutes a ground for revocation of such sentence irrespec-
    18  tive of whether such fact is specified as a condition of  the  sentence.
    19  Conviction  of a subsequent felony or of an offense in another jurisdic-
    20  tion which if committed in this state would constitute a  felony,  while
    21  the defendant is under probation supervision for a felony offense, shall
    22  result in revocation of probation upon imposition of an indeterminate or
    23  determinate sentence for the subsequent offense.
    24    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 410.70 of the criminal procedure law, as
    25  amended  by  chapter  17  of  the  laws  of  2014, is amended to read as
    26  follows:
    27    1. In general. The court may not revoke a sentence of probation  or  a
    28  sentence  of  conditional  discharge,  or  extend a period of probation,
    29  unless (a) the court has found that the defendant has violated a  condi-
    30  tion  of  the sentence or (b) the defendant while under probation super-
    31  vision imposed upon conviction of a  felony  has  been  convicted  of  a
    32  subsequent felony, or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction
    33  which  if  committed  in this state would constitute a felony, and [(b)]
    34  (c) the defendant has had an opportunity to be heard  pursuant  to  this
    35  section.  The defendant is entitled to a hearing in accordance with this
    36  section promptly after the court has filed a declaration of  delinquency
    37  or has committed him or her or has fixed bail pursuant to this article.
    38    § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 410.90 of the criminal procedure law, as
    39  amended  by  chapter  238  of  the  laws  of 1980, is amended to read as
    40  follows:
    41    1. The court may at any time terminate either a period  of  probation,
    42  other  than a period of lifetime probation, for conviction to a crime or
    43  a period of conditional discharge for an offense, except that conviction
    44  of a subsequent felony or conviction of an offense in another  jurisdic-
    45  tion  which  if committed in this state would constitute a felony, which
    46  subsequent felony is committed while under his or her present  probation
    47  supervision  for  a  felony  offense,  shall  result  in  revocation  of
    48  probation upon imposition of an indeterminate  or  determinate  sentence
    49  for the subsequent offense pursuant to subdivision four of section 60.01
    50  of the penal law, and shall not result in the termination of probation.
    51    §  6.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    52  have become a law.
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