STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9338
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in
          relation to requiring law enforcement authorities  to  advise  persons
          under  the  age  of eighteen years of certain rights when such persons
          are questioned while in custody
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 60.45 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. A confession, admission or other statement is "involuntarily  made"
     4  by  a defendant, who is under eighteen years of age, when it is obtained
     5  from him or her while he or she is subject to a custodial  interrogation
     6  by  a  public servant engaged in law enforcement activity, prior to such
     7  public servant:
     8    (a) continuously reading, in its entirety, to the  defendant,  without
     9  stopping  for  purposes  of  a  response from the defendant or verifying
    10  comprehension, the following statement:
    11    "You have the right to remain silent. That means, you do not  have  to
    12  say  anything.  Anything  you  say can be used against you in court. You
    13  have the right to get help from a lawyer. If you cannot  pay  a  lawyer,
    14  the  court  will  get  you one for free. You have the right to stop this
    15  interview at any time."; and
    16    (b) after reading the statement required  by  paragraph  (a)  of  this
    17  subdivision,  asking  the  defendant the following questions and waiting
    18  for the defendant's response thereto for each question:
    19    "Do you want to talk to me?
    20    Do you want to have a lawyer?".
    21    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 344.2 of the family court act is  renum-
    22  bered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
    23    3.  A confession, admission or other statement is "involuntarily made"
    24  by a respondent when it is obtained from him or her while he or  she  is
    25  subject  to a custodial interrogation by a public servant engaged in law
    26  enforcement activity, prior to such public servant:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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