Senate Bill S351

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2017

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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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2017-S351 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4689
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §440.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6234, A9736
2011-2012: S729, A6551
2013-2014: S49, A3492
2015-2016: S1299, A5077
2019-2020: S2079, A8790
2021-2022: A4543

2017-S351 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2017; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their convictions under the law, notwithstanding any other procedural or technical provisions of law that would have prevented them from doing so.

2017-S351 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    351
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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  establishing
   the actual innocence justice act of 2017

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known as the "actual  inno-
 cence justice act of 2017".
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of section
 440.10 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 368  of  the
 laws  of  2015,  is  amended and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as
 follows:
   (ii) official documentation of the defendant's status as a  victim  of
 trafficking,  compelling  prostitution  or trafficking in persons at the
 time of the offense from a federal, state  or  local  government  agency
 shall  create  a  presumption  that the defendant's participation in the
 offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking, compel-
 ling prostitution or trafficking in persons, but shall not  be  required
 for granting a motion under this paragraph[.]; OR
   (J) THE DEFENDANT IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF THE CRIME OR CRIMES OF WHICH
 HE  OR SHE WAS CONVICTED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, A DEFENDANT IS
 ACTUALLY INNOCENT WHERE  IT  IS  ESTABLISHED  BY  CLEAR  AND  CONVINCING
 EVIDENCE  THAT NO TRIER OF FACT WOULD HAVE CONVICTED THE DEFENDANT UNDER
 A REASONABLE DOUBT STANDARD AND IN LIGHT OF ALL AVAILABLE EVIDENCE.
   § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 440.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
 amended by chapter 332 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  If  the  court  grants  the motion, it must, except as provided in
 subdivision five or six of this section, vacate the judgment,  and  must
 dismiss  the  accusatory  instrument, or order a new trial, or take such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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