A07177 Summary:
BILL NO | A07177 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05650 |
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SPONSOR | Lentol |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S265.15, Pen L | |
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Provides an affirmative defense for criminal possession of a weapon where the weapon is a gravity knife and the person did not intend to use it unlawfully. |
A07177 Actions:
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05/06/2013 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | referred to codes |
A07177 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA07177 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7177 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to an affirmative defense to criminal possession of a gravity knife The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The section heading of section 265.15 of the penal law is 2 amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows: 3 Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement; affirma- 4 tive defense. 5 7. It is an affirmative defense to criminal possession of a weapon as 6 provided in subdivision one of section 265.01 of this article or subdi- 7 vision one of section 265.02 of this article where the weapon possessed 8 is a gravity knife and where the person did not intend to use it unlaw- 9 fully. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law and shall apply to all pending trials where jury 12 deliberations have not yet commenced. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09839-01-3