Bill Text: NY S06562 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits suspension of jury deliberations beyond 24 or 72 hours on certain days.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06562 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06562-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6562 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LANZA, GOLDEN -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to suspending jury deliberations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 310.10 of the criminal procedure 2 law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. At any time after the jury has been charged or commenced its delib- 5 erations, and after notice to the parties and affording such parties an 6 opportunity to be heard on the record outside of the presence of the 7 jury, the court may declare the deliberations to be in recess and may 8 thereupon direct the jury to suspend its deliberations and to separate 9 for a reasonable period of time to be specified by the court, [not to10exceed twenty-four hours, except that in the case of a Saturday, Sunday11or holiday, such separation may extend beyond such twenty-four hour12period] not lasting beyond close of business on the next day or, for 13 good cause shown, beyond close of business on the third day following 14 recess of jury deliberations unless both parties consent to a longer 15 period of suspension and separation. For the purposes of this section, 16 where a day referred to in this subdivision falls on a Saturday, Sunday 17 or holiday, such day shall mean the next day thereafter during which the 18 courthouse is open for the conduct of trials. Before each recess, the 19 court must admonish the jury as provided in section 270.40 of this 20 [chapter] title and direct it not to resume its deliberations until all 21 twelve jurors have reassembled in the designated place at the termi- 22 nation of the declared recess. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all 24 criminal actions pending on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10361-01-7