Bill Text: NY A09212 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to murder in the first degree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - held for consideration in codes [A09212 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09212-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9212 IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, CROUCH, DUPREY, McDONOUGH, MURRAY, PALUM- BO, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to murder in the first degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 125.27 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 1 of the laws of 1995, subparagraph (ii-a) of paragraph (a) 3 as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, subparagraph (vii) of para- 4 graph (a) as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003 and subparagraph 5 (xii) of paragraph (a) as amended and subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph 6 (a) as added by chapter 300 of the laws of 2001, is amended and a new 7 subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows: 8 1. A person is guilty of murder in the first degree when[:91. With], with intent to cause the death of another person, he causes 10 the death of such person or of a third person; and 11 (a) Either: 12 (i) the intended victim was a police officer as defined in subdivision 13 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law who was at the time of 14 the killing engaged in the course of performing his official duties, and 15 the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the intended 16 victim was a police officer; or 17 (ii) the intended victim was a peace officer as defined in paragraph a 18 of subdivision twenty-one, subdivision twenty-three, twenty-four or 19 sixty-two (employees of the division for youth) of section 2.10 of the 20 criminal procedure law who was at the time of the killing engaged in the 21 course of performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or 22 reasonably should have known that the intended victim was such a 23 uniformed court officer, parole officer, probation officer, or employee 24 of the division for youth; or 25 (ii-a) the intended victim was a firefighter, emergency medical tech- 26 nician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse 27 involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the 28 course of official duties, performs emergency response activities and 29 was engaged in such activities at the time of killing and the defendant EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11250-02-5