Bill Text: NY A01856 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the clerk of the court, or such clerk's designee, shall mail a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A01856 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01856-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1856
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 12, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to notifying
certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 380.50 of the criminal procedure
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
3 (G) FOLLOWING THE ACQUITTAL AFTER TRIAL OR THE SENTENCING OF ANY
4 DEFENDANT FOR A FELONY, THE CLERK OF THE COURT, OR SUCH CLERK'S DESIG-
5 NEE, SHALL MAIL A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH FELONY TO
6 ANY VICTIM WHO WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME SUCH DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED
7 OR ACQUITTED AFTER TRIAL.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00993-01-1
