Senate Bill S2066

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Denies youthful offender treatment to persons convicted of a class B violent felony offense

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §720.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4675
2011-2012: S2836
2013-2014: S3078
2017-2018: S512
2019-2020: S925

2015-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Denies eligibility for youthful offender treatment upon conviction of a class B violent felony, unless the court determines that such person was a minor participant in the crime or that mitigating circumstances exist which bear directly upon the manner in which the crime was committed.

2015-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2066

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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  eligibility
  for youthful offender status

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of  section  720.10  of  the  criminal
procedure  law,  subdivision  2 as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of
1986, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter  316  of  the
laws  of 2006 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of
2003, are amended to read as follows:
  2. "Eligible youth" means a youth who is eligible to be found a youth-
ful offender.  Every youth is so eligible unless:
  (a) the conviction to be replaced by a youthful  offender  finding  is
for  (i)  a  class  A-I or class A-II felony, or (ii) an armed felony as
defined in subdivision forty-one of section 1.20, except as provided  in
subdivision  three,  or (iii) [rape in the first degree, criminal sexual
act in the first degree, or aggravated sexual abuse] A CLASS  B  VIOLENT
FELONY OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW, except as provided in subdivision three, or
  (b) such youth has previously been convicted and sentenced for a felo-
ny, or
  (c)    such  youth has previously been adjudicated a youthful offender
following conviction of a felony or has been  adjudicated  on  or  after
September  first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-eight a juvenile delinquent
who committed a designated felony act as defined  in  the  family  court
act.
  3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two, a youth who has
been convicted of an armed felony offense  or  [of  rape  in  the  first
degree,  criminal  sexual  act in the first degree, or aggravated sexual
abuse] A CLASS B VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE is  an  eligible  youth  if  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06037-01-5
              

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