Bill Text: NY A07052 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A07052 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07052-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7052
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 11, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to the crime of falsely
         accusing someone of a crime
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.49 FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME WHEN  HE  OR
    5  SHE  SIGNS  AND  SUBMITS  AN  ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT WITH A MEMBER OF LAW
    6  ENFORCEMENT AND DOES SO KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT
    7  IS FALSE.
    8    FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01957-01-1