Bill Text: NY A07047 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a plea of guilty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-19 - advanced to third reading cal.673 [A07047 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07047-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7047
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 21, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. O'DONNELL -- (at request of the Office of Court
         Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  a  plea  of
         guilty
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 220.10 of the  criminal  procedure
    2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I) A DEFENDANT, WITH BOTH THE PERMISSION OF THE COURT AND THE CONSENT
    4  OF THE PEOPLE, MAY ENTER A PLEA OF GUILTY AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION,
    5  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), (C), (D), (F) AND
    6  (H)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  WHEN  UPON REVIEW OF THE NATURE AND CIRCUM-
    7  STANCES OF THE CRIMINAL CONDUCT, THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE AND THE  HISTORY
    8  AND  CHARACTER OF THE DEFENDANT, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE COURT ARE OF THE
    9  OPINION THAT THE PLEA  IS  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  JUSTICE.  THE  FACTORS
   10  WARRANTING  THE PLEA SHALL BE PLACED ON THE RECORD; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE
   11  TO DO SO SHALL NOT ENTITLE THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE THE PLEA OF GUILTY  SET
   12  ASIDE.
   13    S  2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 220.30 of the criminal
   14  procedure law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (x)  to  read  as
   15  follows:
   16    (X) A DEFENDANT, WITH BOTH THE PERMISSION OF THE COURT AND THE CONSENT
   17  OF THE PEOPLE, MAY ENTER A PLEA OF GUILTY AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION,
   18  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II), (III), (IV),
   19  (V), (VI), (VII) AND (IX) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHEN  UPON  REVIEW  OF  THE
   20  NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIMINAL CONDUCT, THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE
   21  AND  THE  HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE DEFENDANT, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE
   22  COURT ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE PLEA IS IN THE  INTEREST  OF  JUSTICE.
   23  THE  FACTORS WARRANTING THE PLEA SHALL BE PLACED ON THE RECORD; HOWEVER,
   24  THE FAILURE TO DO SO SHALL NOT ENTITLE THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE THE PLEA OF
   25  GUILTY SET ASIDE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.