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A06684 Summary:

BILL NOA06684
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00390
 
SPONSORTannousis
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §380.50, 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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A06684 Actions:

BILL NOA06684
 
03/07/2025referred to codes
05/13/2025held for consideration in codes
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A06684 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6684
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 7, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  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] themself before the court or a person so mentally or physically
     6  disabled as to make it impracticable to appear in court in person or the
     7  victim  is  deceased, a member of the family of such victim, except that
     8  where such victim is deceased and survived by both a spouse and a parent
     9  or parents, the court in its sole  discretion  may  allow  a  spouse  or
    10  parent  or,  upon  consultation  with  counsel for the defendant and the
    11  people, allow both to make a statement on behalf of such victim, or  the
    12  legal  guardian  or  representative  of the legal guardian of the victim
    13  where 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.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01570-01-5
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