Bill Text: NY A03056 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to discovery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.248 [A03056 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03056-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3056
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to discovery
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of  section  240.40  of  the
     2  criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of 2012, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) may order discovery with respect to any other property[, which the
     5  people  intend to introduce at the trial,] upon a showing by the defend-
     6  ant that discovery with respect to such  property  is  material  to  the
     7  preparation  of  his or her defense, and that the request is reasonable;
     8  and
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03718-01-7