Bill Text: NY S02507 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes if a victim is less than eighteen years of age a member of the family of such victim or the legal guardian of such victim shall be allowed to make a statement at the time of sentence of a criminal defendant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02507 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S02507-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2507
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 23, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the victim's
statement at the sentencing of a criminal defendant
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
2 380.50 of the criminal procedure law, as separately amended by chapters
3 173 and 198 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
4 (2) if such victim is unable or unwilling to express himself or
5 herself before the court or a person so mentally or physically disabled
6 as to make it impracticable to appear in court in person or the victim
7 is deceased OR IF SUCH VICTIM IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, a member of
8 the family of such victim, or the legal guardian or representative of
9 the legal guardian of the victim where such guardian or representative
10 has personal knowledge of and a relationship with the victim, unless the
11 court finds that it would be inappropriate for such person to make a
12 statement on behalf of the victim.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00542-01-9
