Assembly Bill A2937

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires court clerk to mail disposition of criminal felony trial to any crime victim not present at time defendant sentenced or acquitted after completion of trial

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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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2013-A2937 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §380.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1293
2011-2012: A1856
2015-2016: A3765
2017-2018: A3779
2019-2020: A4587
2021-2022: A2524
2023-2024: A1332

2013-A2937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the clerk of the court, or such clerk's designee, shall mail a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial.

2013-A2937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2937

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to notifying
  certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 380.50 of the criminal procedure
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
  (G) FOLLOWING THE ACQUITTAL AFTER  TRIAL  OR  THE  SENTENCING  OF  ANY
DEFENDANT  FOR  A FELONY, THE CLERK OF THE COURT, OR SUCH CLERK'S DESIG-
NEE, SHALL MAIL A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH  FELONY  TO
ANY  VICTIM WHO WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME SUCH DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED
OR ACQUITTED AFTER TRIAL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00637-01-3


              

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