A04804 Summary:

BILL NOA04804
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORPerry (MS)
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRColton, Galef, Gantt, Hikind, Hooper, Jaffee, Robinson, Schimminger, Sweeney, Weisenberg
 
Amd S380.50, CP L
 
Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of the victim's family to read a statement in court, upon consultation with counsel for the defendant and the people.
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A04804 Actions:

BILL NOA04804
 
02/11/2013referred to codes
01/08/2014referred to codes
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A04804 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04804 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4804
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
          GALEF, GANTT, HIKIND, HOOPER, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER,  SWEENEY,
          WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting at
          the  discretion of the court certain family members of a victim who is

          deceased to read statements  in  court  during  the  sentencing  of  a
          defendant
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
     2  380.50 of the criminal procedure law, as separately amended by  chapters
     3  173 and 198 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (2)  if  such  victim  is  unable  or  unwilling to express himself or
     5  herself before the court or a person so mentally or physically  disabled
     6  as  to  make it impracticable to appear in court in person or the victim
     7  is deceased, a member of the family of such victim,  except  that  where
     8  such  victim  is  deceased and survived by both a spouse and a parent or

     9  parents, the court in its sole discretion may allow a spouse  or  parent
    10  or,  upon  consultation  with  counsel for the defendant and the people,
    11  allow both to make a statement on behalf of such victim,  or  the  legal
    12  guardian  or  representative  of  the legal guardian of the victim where
    13  such  guardian  or  representative  has  personal  knowledge  of  and  a
    14  relationship  with  the  victim, unless the court finds that it would be
    15  inappropriate for such person or persons to make a statement  on  behalf
    16  of  the  victim.    Upon  objection  from  the defendant the court shall
    17  conduct a hearing to determine the appropriateness of  any  such  state-
    18  ments.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00061-01-3
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