Bill Text: NY A06945 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-12 - REFERRED TO CODES [A06945 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06945-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6945
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. WALKER -- (at request of the Board of Parole) --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the duties of
         the district attorney
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 440.50 of the criminal procedure
    2  law, as amended by section 80 of subpart B of part C of  chapter  62  of
    3  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  Upon  the  request  of a victim of a crime, or in any event in all
    5  cases in which the final disposition includes a conviction of a  violent
    6  felony  offense  as  defined  in  section 70.02 of the penal law [or], a
    7  felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five  of  such  law,  OR  A
    8  FELONY  DEFINED  IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF SUCH LAW, the district
    9  attorney shall, within sixty days of the final disposition of the  case,
   10  inform  the  victim  by  letter of such final disposition. If such final
   11  disposition results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of
   12  the department of corrections and community supervision for an  indeter-
   13  minate  sentence,  the  notice  provided  to the crime victim shall also
   14  inform the victim of his or her right to submit a  written,  audiotaped,
   15  or  videotaped  victim impact statement to the department of corrections
   16  and community supervision or to meet personally with  a  member  of  the
   17  state  board  of  parole  at a time and place separate from the personal
   18  interview between a member or members of the board and  the  inmate  and
   19  make  such  a statement, subject to procedures and limitations contained
   20  in rules of the board, both pursuant to subdivision two of  section  two
   21  hundred  fifty-nine-i of the executive law.  A COPY OF SUCH LETTER SHALL
   22  BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF PAROLE. The right of the victim  under  this
   23  subdivision  to  submit  a  written  victim  impact statement or to meet
   24  personally with a member of the state board of parole  applies  to  each
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09495-01-5
       A. 6945                             2
    1  personal  interview  between  a  member  or members of the board and the
    2  inmate.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.