Relates to precluding inadmissible statements made by defendants because of false facts about evidence or because of a statement that undermines the reliability of the defendant's statement and requires data collection and analysis by the division of criminal justice services of recorded interrogations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6806
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 25, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to defendants'
statement admissibility and recorded interrogations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 60.45 of the criminal
2 procedure law are amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 1. Evidence of a written or oral confession, admission, or other
5 statement made by a defendant with respect to his or her participation
6 or lack of participation in the offense charged, may not be received in
7 evidence against him or her in a criminal proceeding if such statement
8 was involuntarily made.
9 2. A confession, admission or other statement is "involuntarily made"
10 by a defendant when it is obtained from him or her:
11 (a) By any person by the use or threatened use of physical force upon
12 the defendant or another person, or by means of any other improper
13 conduct or undue pressure which impaired the defendant's physical or
14 mental condition to the extent of undermining his or her ability to make
15 a choice whether or not to make a statement; or
16 (b) By a public servant engaged in law enforcement activity or by a
17 person then acting under his or her direction or in cooperation with him
18 or her:
19 (i) by means of any promise or statement of fact, which promise or
20 statement undermines the reliability of the defendant's statement, or
21 creates a substantial risk that the defendant might falsely incriminate
22 himself or herself; [or]
23 (ii) by knowingly communicating false facts about evidence to the
24 defendant; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (iii) in violation of such rights as the defendant may derive from the
2 constitution of this state or of the United States.
3 4. The division of criminal justice services shall collect and analyze
4 the following data related to the recordation of interrogations pursuant
5 to the requirements of subdivision three of this section, including but
6 not limited to:
7 (a) The aggregate annual number of recorded interrogations in
8 detention facilities for all categories of criminal charges, including
9 such charges as required by paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this
10 section and any additional recorded interrogations.
11 (b) The disaggregate data for each case involving a custodial interro-
12 gation of a person suspected of committing a crime that occurred in a
13 detention facility, including:
14 (i) Whether the interrogation was recorded.
15 (ii) If the interrogation was not recorded, whether there was a show-
16 ing of good cause pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of this
17 section.
18 (iii) The duration of the interrogation and the circumstances of the
19 recorded interrogation, including:
20 (1) Whether the recording began: (A) when the suspect entered the
21 interrogation room; (B) when the suspect was read his or her Miranda
22 rights; or (C) after the suspect was read his or her Miranda rights; and
23 (2) Whether the recording ended: (A) after the interrogation ended;
24 (B) immediately after the suspect confessed; or (C) at another time
25 prior to the end of the interrogation.
26 (iv) Whether the suspect confessed to the crime during the interro-
27 gation.
28 (v) Whether the interrogation was recorded with video and audio or
29 audio only.
30 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
31 have become a law.
