STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9338 IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2016 ___________ 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. LBD13865-02-6