Bill Text: NY A06930 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in grand jury proceedings where such witness possesses a restricted capacity to either ambulate or focus attention of specific events.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A06930 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06930-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6930
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 17, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting
         the videotaped examination of certain  elderly  special  witnesses  in
         grand jury proceedings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
    2  section  190.32 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 320
    3  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (i) Unable to attend and testify in person in the grand jury  proceed-
    5  ing  because  the person is [either] physically ill [or], incapacitated,
    6  OR ELDERLY AND POSSESSES A RESTRICTED CAPACITY  TO  EITHER  AMBULATE  OR
    7  ADEQUATELY FOCUS ATTENTION ON SPECIFIC EVENTS OR OCCURRENCES; or
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10313-01-9
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