Assembly Bill A2757

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2757 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2711
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §125.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7202, S4391
2017-2018: S1118
2019-2020: S1326

2015-A2757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to first degree murder where the intended victim is a prosecutor or district attorney.

2015-A2757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2757

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE, LAVINE, MOSLEY, GALEF, SCHIMMINGER,
  CUSICK, GUNTHER,  SIMANOWITZ,  SCARBOROUGH,  BROOK-KRASNY,  SKARTADOS,
  MOYA,  BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CLARK, COOK,
  FAHY, KEARNS, MAGEE, MARKEY, McDONALD, PERRY, ROBINSON, STECK,  THIELE
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to murder in the first degree
  where the intended victim was a prosecutor or district attorney

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
section  125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of
2001, is amended and a new  subparagraph  (xiv)  is  added  to  read  as
follows:
  (xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
chapter; [and] OR
  (XIV) THE INTENDED VICTIM WAS A PROSECUTOR OR  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  AS
DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION THIRTY-ONE OR THIRTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW AND THE DEFENDANT KILLED SUCH VICTIM BECAUSE SUCH
VICTIM WAS, AT THE TIME OF THE KILLING, A PROSECUTOR OR DISTRICT  ATTOR-
NEY; AND
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD04681-01-5

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